Ingredients:

• 6 bell peppers (can be any color)
• 1 pound ground turkey
• 2 cups whole grain brown rice or quinoa
• 3 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• sauce (recipe below) or two cans of Manwich bold

Sauce Ingredients:

• 29 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1/2 medium sweet yellow onion (chopped)
• 1 1/2 TBSP sugar
• 1 TBSP olive oil
• 1 TBSP honey
• 1 TBSP red wine vinegar
• 1 TBSP chili powder
• 1/2 TBSP Worcheshire sauce
• 1/2 TBSP minced garlic
• 1/2 TBSP yellow mustard
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp celery seed
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Sauce Directions:

Mix above ingredients together and simmer for around 15 minutes.

Stuffed pepper recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Make sauce.  Cook rice or quinoa.
3. Cook turkey until light brown.  Add sauce and rice/quinoa to turkey.
4. Cut tops off of peppers and take the “guts” and seeds out.
5. Fill each pepper with sauce/rice/meat mixture and place in a oven safe dish.
6. Cook for 30 minutes, take out and place cheese on top, return to oven for an additional 10 minutes.
7. Let cool and enjoy 🙂