Stuffed Peppers with Turkey & Cheese
Delicious low carb Peppers stuffed with Turkey mince and topped with cheese
Servings 3
Calories 276kcal
Ingredients
- 8 Mixed BABY peppers
- 250 g Turkey breast mince 2% fat
- 2 shallots or 1/2 brown onion finely diced
- 1 Clove Garlic - sliced & diced finely
- Chicken stock cube
- Good hand full of mushrooms sliced & diced
- Good handful Cherry tomatoes halved
- Touch of Red Chilli deseeded and finely chopped (optional)
- Salt & Black Pepper
- Handful Basil leaves torn
- 75 g Medium Matured Cheddar Cheese sliced or Half fat cheddar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 200C/400F/Gas 6
- In a large frying pan add your turkey mince, garlic & onions - fry over a high heat for 10 minutes until it starts to brown and there's no pink!
- Add chopped mushrooms, crumble the stock cube and season, fry for a further 5 minutes, stirring often, finally stir in the tomatoes and give it another 5 minutes.
- Stir in the torn basil leaves (reserve a few leaves for garnish), stir and remove from the heat
- In the meantime slice your peppers lengthways. Remove seeds and insides, lay them in an oven proof dish
- Stuff the peppers with the turkey mince mix and top each one with a slice of Cheese
- Pop in the oven for 25- 30 minutes and bake until golden
- Serve - garnish with a little basil and dig in!
Notes
*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 223mg | Potassium: 598mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2813IU | Vitamin C: 105mg | Calcium: 216mg | Iron: 2mg