This was an ol’ staple growing up. My mom used rice & ground beef, but I’m using cauliflower and ground turkey, instead. Heads up, this is not a quick meal (I will post lots of those), but it is delicious.
Ingredients:
3 Large Bell Peppers
4 Cups Raw Cauliflower
1LB. Ground Turkey
Olive Oil
4 Cloves of Garlic
1 Onion
Mushrooms (as many as you want. I personally love them, so I use a lot)
1/2 Can Tomato Paste OR Already Seasoned Pasta Sauce
Salt
Crushed Red Pepper (or seasoning of your choice)
Here we go!
Step 1: Make Cauliflower “Rice”
Place the 4 cups of raw cauliflower in a food processor until it reaches a rice like consistency.
Step 2: Sauté the Veggies
In a sauce pan, sauté the garlic, onions, mushroom & cauliflower rice in olive oil until the cauliflower is soft (approximately 4-5 minutes). Then, set aside while you cook the turkey.
Step 3: Sauté & Cook the Turkey
Add olive oil & 1/4 onion to a skillet and fully cook the ground turkey.
Step 4: Mix!
Mix in the cauliflower/onion/garlic/mushroom sauté to the turkey and season with the salt & red pepper.
Step 5: Stuff the Peppers
Cut off the tops of the peppers and gut them. Then fill each pepper to the brim with the cauliflower/turkey sauté.
Step 5: Cook!
Fill a medium sauce pan 1/3 of the way up with your pasta sauce (I use tomato paste and add garlic, 1/2 onion and a touch of red wine. You can even go crazy and add bacon). Place the stuffed peppers in the saucepan so they are upright. Cover and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour on medium heat. Note: Make sure the peppers don’t get too soft. If they do, that means they are ready to eat so remove & cool right away. Drizzle the top of the peppers with a little parmesan cheese.
Step 6: EAT
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