Cheese Stuffed Sweet Peppers with Sauce

By Lynn Socko
@lynnsocko

I found these cute little peppers and had to create a recipe around them, this is what I came up with. This is a low carb version of stuffed manicotti.

Rating:

★★★★☆ 6 votes

Comments:

126 Comments

Serves:

4-6

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

1 Hr

Method:

Bake

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Notes from the Test Kitchen:
I have been eyeing those little peppers in the produce section and now I know just what to do with them! We love this recipe and look forward to preparing it again. Next time we may try par-boiling the peppers as well.

Ingredients

2 lb: ground white turkey
5 clove: garlic, minced
1/2: sweet onion, chopped
2 tsp: italian seasoning
1 tsp: dried basil
1 tsp: mrs. dash tomato and basil
1 tsp: granulated onion
1 tsp: cracked black pepper
2 can(s): (15oz) diced tomatoes w/oregano, basil and garlic, no salt added
4 oz: tomato paste, no salt added
2 c: fresh tomatoes
1 Tbsp: white sugar
1 tsp: lemon juice
: salt and pepper to taste
: mini bell peppers
16 oz: light ricotta and/or greek yogurt
8 oz: provolone
6 oz: asiago or parmesan
1: egg

How to Make Cheese Stuffed Sweet Peppers with Sauce

Step-by-Step

1These cute little peppers are great for this recipe, but any sweet pepper would work.
2Place garlic, onion, turkey in soup pot with about 1 tbsp. of olive oil. Cook on low till almost done, add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and fresh diced tomatoes. Also add dry seasonings, sugar and lemon juice.Simmer 30-40 min. Taste and reseason if necessary. Add salt & pepper at this point.
NOTE: I like to put my fresh and canned tomatoes in the food processor and pulse them to remove some of the chunks.
3NOTE: To reduce the fat and sodium, you can sub some or all of the ricotta with greek yogurt. Mix together ricotta, provolone and most of asaigo or parm and egg. (Reserve a little parm to garnish after cooking). Cut stems off of peppers and remove seeds. Stuff peppers.
4Laddle a small amount of sauce in bottom of baking dish, lay peppers on top, then top with sauce. Bake 375° for about 35-45 min. till bubbly. Serve and garnish with grated asaigo or parm.