Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa
Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa

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Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa Quinoa adds crunch, corn lends sweetness and color, and red pepper flakes ratchet up the heat in these tender stuffed peppers. Stir black beans and spinach into quinoa mixture, adding reserved tomato juice if mixture is dry. Spoon quinoa mixture into roasted red peppers and top with Mexican cheese blend.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have stuffed peppers with quinoa using 13 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa:
  1. Get 1/2 packages medium firm tofu,pressed and cubed
  2. Prepare 4 red,green,or yellow bell peppers
  3. Get 1 can unsalted tomatoes,diced
  4. Get 1 red onion, diced
  5. Get 2 scallions,chopped
  6. Prepare 2 stock celery,chopped
  7. Make ready 3 clove galric,thinly sliced
  8. Make ready 1 cup quinoa
  9. Get 1 1/2 cup vegetable broth
  10. Take 8 oz mozzarella cheese
  11. Take 2 oz feta cheese
  12. Get 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  13. Take 1 salt and black ground pepper ,to taste

Generously stuff halved peppers with quinoa mixture until all peppers are full, then cover the dish with foil. Cover the stuffed peppers with foil. In a large bowl, combine quinoa, green chiles, corn, beans, tomatoes, cheeses, cilantro, cumin, garlic, onion and chili powder, salt and pepper, to taste. Spoon the filling into each bell pepper cavity.

Instructions to make Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa:
  1. Cut the tops off the peppers and remove seeds,Save tops for later.
  2. Rinse the quinoa in cold water with strainer.
  3. In sauce pan heat the vegetable broth and add quinoa, bring to a simmer cook covered for 10 minutes.
  4. Heat 1 tbsp of the extra virgin olive oil in large skillet, add the tofu,and brown all sides of tofu; about 10 minutes.
  5. Remove tofu set on plate for later.
  6. Heat remaining extra virgin olive oil in the large skillet,add in onion, celery, garlic, and scallion.
  7. Cook until veggies are softened; about 10 minutes.
  8. Pre-heat oven to 350°.
  9. Add in slightly drained can of tomatoes, quinoa, and tofu into the large skillet;mix everything together.
  10. Add salt and black pepper to taste.
  11. Place the peppers in greased cooking dish.
  12. Add some mozzarella to the bottom of the peppers.
  13. Fill 1/2 the pepper with skillet mixture; pressing down into pepper.
  14. Add in another layer of mozzarella.
  15. Fill the rest of the pepper with the skillet mixture.
  16. Top with more mozzarella.
  17. Place in oven; bake for 25 minutes.
  18. Remove from oven, sprinkle with feta.
  19. Set tops back on peppers; bake for an additional 10 minutes.
  20. Remove from oven; let cool and enjoy.
  21. (*ive also made these using racelte swiss in place of mozzarella and manchego in place of feta. that combination work just as well! )

Fill the pepper halves with the quinoa and vegetable stuffing and drizzle with EVOO. Cool and chill for a make-ahead meal. In this easy recipe, the bell peppers are stuffed with a mixture of vegetables, quinoa, white beans, marinara sauce and cheese. You won't even realize these peppers are vegetarian, since they're packed with protein from the quinoa and beans. Start by adding the olive oil to pan along with the garlic and onion.

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