Turkey Stuffed Pepper Recipe! (& other stuffs)

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

I've been inspired by SmarterFitter Blog and decided that, beginning Monday, I will start a photo food diary. I will not torture you all with it here since I do not have awesomely great photography skills or super sleek tableware. I may post the occasional item in my blog, of course, but I will mostly just use a flickr feed in my sidebar so you can click through at your own risk ;-)


I also have this DELICIOUS turkey stuffed pepper recipe. I made mine in a crock pot, but you can just do it on the stove by simmering at low/medium heat for about an hour (this is my understanding anyway).

Here goes:

Please note I have a 5.5-6Qt oval crockpot and made 6 stuffed peppers. So if yours is smaller adjust accordingly (modified from here with some tips from a close friend)

Ingredients
6 Bell Peppers (any color)
1 (1-1.25lbs) Package Lean/XtraLean Ground Turkey
1 cup cooked rice (i used instant brown rice)
1 can of tomatoes - any kind
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (optional)
1 jar pasta sauce
1/2 small/medium onion (finely chopped)
some carrots(grated)
celery (finely chopped)
clove of garlic
any misc veggies you want to use up (finely chopped)
salt, pepper, garlic powder(optional) to taste

Instructions
carefully cut off the tops of the peppers and clean them out, keeping the tops
Chop and brown onions, carrots, garlic
Lightly brown the turkey (optional, I am paranoid about poultry)
Combine everything EXCEPT 1/2 jar of pasta sauce and the bell peppers
Stuff the peppers
Nestle them in the crock pot (no tops yet)
Pour remaining pasta sauce over the top letting it spill over into the crock pot
Put on the tops (cute and they add a bit more flavor)
Add approx 1/3 cup water to the crock pot (not to the peppers)
Cook on low for 6-8 hours (about 6.5 was perfect when I did them)

You'll probably have some stuffing left over, i just sauteed it all and ate it up, it was delish!

More Recipes Needed

I've come to realize that I need to expand my recipe base if I am to continue to eat (and keep BF eating) healthily on a regular basis.

These are are the recipes I can now make with my eyes closed (I'll post them oneday)

Dinner/Lunch Main Dish
Beef stew (crockpot)
Ground turkey stew (crockpot)
Spaghetti with turkey meat sauce (stove top)
chicken soup (stove top)
Avocado steak salad (stove top - steak)
Turkey meat loaf (crock pot, only made it once actually, I improvise with whatever ingredients I have and it's still delish!)
Avocado Tuna Salad (stove top, also an one time make so far, but I loved it!)

Sides
Mashed potatoes
Sauteed onions & green beans

Breakfast
Egg white fritata (using any random ingredients around the kitchen)
Banana chocolate Breakfast Bars (I like to sub grated carrot and/or zucchini for the coconut)

Desserts
Healthy variation of chocolate chip cookies
Cranberry and/or pecan shortbread cookies (I just sub the pecans for the cranberries or use both)
Banana chocolate breakfast bars (BF considers anything with chocolate game all day long)

I suppose that isn't too bad. But we have been eating all that since October with no variation other than eating out. It's starting to get a little repetitive at this point.

I do have a couple things I am itching to try in the next week or two (maybe this weekend would be good!)

Stuffed green peppers
Healthy fudge brownies (BF will be excited when I finally get to these.)

Then I'll have to do a little more research into some easy and healthy recipes.

And on a side note...
I need to change platforms soon and start networking other bloggers to get some readers on here! :)