Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, gracie's favorite stuffed peppers(two ways!! carb and low carb). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Perfectly portioned for two, these Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers make a healthy, low-carb dinner that's fast for weekdays and Bell peppers are one of those amazingly versatile vegetables that work in just about anything. But stuffing them is by far my favorite option. Green peppers stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, rice and onion, seasoned with garlic powder and held together with tomato sauce are topped with shredded mozzarella cheese and baked.
Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have gracie's favorite stuffed peppers(two ways!! carb and low carb) using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb):
- Prepare 6 large green peppers(fairly uniform in size)
- Take 1 1/2 lb ground beef (I used 85%)
- Take 1 box herb and butter Rice a Roni(prepared as box directs, you will yield a little over 2 cups)
- Take 1/2 head a small cauliflower, finely chopped
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup parmesan cheese(I use Sargento shreds, never the powdery stuff)
- Make ready 2 cup tomato sauce
- Get 1 tbsp Italian seasoning (use your favorite, I prefer McCormick Tuscan perfect pinch)
- Prepare 1 tbsp sugar
- Prepare 2 tsp chopped garlic
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper to taste
- Prepare 6 heaping tablespoons of shredded mozzarella
My kids love cheesy spinach artichoke dip, so I knew that turning this into a stuffed peppers recipe would both be a win for them and a win for our low carb lifestyle. These low carb stuffed peppers blend a myriad of textures and flavors into one cheese-filled, protein-packed meal that's better than anything you can order out! There's plenty of veggies and spices to build layers of deep complex flavors into your stuffed peppers. You can easily vary the stuffed pepper mince/ground beef recipe to be Mexican by adding chilli, cumin and coriander or Indian by adding curry powder.
Steps to make Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb):
- Begin by boiling a large pot of water. While it's boiling, chop top of of each pepper and remove seeds and inner membranes. Finely chop tops of three peppers to cook with ground beef. Boil peppers for 7-9 min. Immediately remove and place in a bowl of ice water.
- Brown ground beef with chopped pepper tops and drain very well. Separate cooked beef mixture in half and place in two bowls. (About 1 1/2 c per bowl)
- Cook chopped cauliflower until tender(I used the same water I boiled peppers in) Set aside
- Into one bowl of beef mixture add 2 cups of prepared Rice a Roni. (Youll have some left over) In the other bowl, add 2 cups of the cooked cauliflower.
- Combine sauce, sugar, seasoning, garlic, salt and pepper. Reserve 1/2 c for pepper topping. Add 3/4 c of sauce mixture to each bowl of beef mixture. Mix well.
- Add 3/4 c of parmesan to each bowl of meat mixture.
- Drain peppers well and place in a sprayed baking dish large enough to fit all 6 peppers(I used a 9x6)
- Fill 3 peppers with the beef and rice mixture. Fill 3 peppers with beef and cauliflower mixture. Top each pepper with a spoonful of the reserved 1/2 cup of sauce. Tightly place foil over peppers and cook at 350 for 50-60 min.
- Add a healing tbsp of mozzarella to each pepper and return to oven.
- The pepper on the left is rice. The pepper on the right is cauliflower.
- Gracie approves!!!
Traditionally, baked stuffed peppers are Spanish, but you can make them any way you want. How to make Low Carb Mexican Stuffed Peppers. Cut the bell peppers in half right through the stem. This will give you two even sides that lay flat. That way, they will already be cooked when you fill them and top them with cheese they only need another.
So that is going to wrap it up for this special food gracie's favorite stuffed peppers(two ways!! carb and low carb) recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I am confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!