Awesome Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

4 Green Peppers

1 Cup Bob's Red Mill - Organic Whole Grain Quinoa

20 oz Jennie-O Ground Turkey

2 Cups Campbell's Tomato Bisque Soup

1.5 ounces of cut up Dunbars Sweet Roasted Peppers

1/4 Cup Premium Quality Private Selection Crumbled Feta Cheese

Any spices you'd like

Directions:

Cook up Quinoa as directed on box.

Brown up ground Turkey

Take the four Green Peppers and cut in half, clean up.

Preheat oven for 350

Mix the Quinoa, Ground Turkey, Sweet Peppers, Spices, Feta Cheese, and Soup.

Put green peppers on cookie sheet and pour in the mixture.

Cook the peppers for 40-50 minutes and enjoy! 

Notes:

Of course you can always make your own home made tomato sauce to use, I just didn't have the time.  I loved how these turned out however and so did everyone who tried them. 

Outcome!:

8 servings each serving =

Calories:                   238

Fat:                          6g

Protein:                    22g

Cholesterol:             39mg

Sodium:                   264 mg

Carbs:                     25g

Sugars:                    6g

Fiber:                      3g

Fruit Pizza

Healthy Dessert option 1!

Looking for a healthy but good alternative for dessert?  I took coconut and created a healthy crust with great toppings and healthy yogurt to go with it!  I loved how well this tasted and I'm going to show you the nutritional facts as well.  

Fruit Pizza

For the Crust:
2 cups Bob's Red Mill Flaked Coconut Unsweetened,
5 tbs butter, unsalted
Pinch of cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
Packet of Truvia Natural Sweetener


1. Mix coconut, nutmeg, cinnamon and butter together (If using Truvia, mix it in also).  Press mixture on too a round pizza pan.
2. Bake at 325 degrees F for 12 minutes or until golden.


Cut fruit up (fresh fruit is best)
6 ounces blackberries
8 ounces raspberries
9 ounces strawberries
6 ounces (3 whole) kiwis


Once the crust has been cooked let it cool.  
Take 2 servings (6 ounce containers) of Fred Meyer (Kroger) Greek Yogurt strawberry and spread onto crust.  The reason I use Fred Meyer Greek is because they use Stevia to sweeten their yogurt rather than sugar or aspartame. 


Then take cut up fruit and lay on top of yogurt and enjoy! 

Nutritional Facts
12 Servings
Calories...................................202.4
Total Fat..................................14.6g
Saturated Fat...........................11.0g
Cholesterol..............................15.5mg
Sodium....................................17.9mg
Potassium..............................130.0mg
Total Carbohydrates..............12.7g
Dietary Fiber...........................4.9g 
Sugars......................................5.8g
Protein.....................................3.6g

Vitamin A................................6.0%
Vitamin C..............................55.3%
Calcium...................................4.3%
Manganese............................21.8% 
Folate.....................................3.4%

Recipe - TurkeyLoaf

Turkey Salsa Cheese Loaf...

      Tonight, being Kate's birthday, she requested for me to make my turkey salsa cheese loaf.  Sure it might not sound all that exciting, but I have had a few people tell me it tastes great.  I am going to give you the recipe and also show you just how much healthier this is than your normal meat loaf, and has more flavor too!  

Ingredients...

2 pounds of Jennie O Turkey (93/7)

1/2 cup of Mexican style 4 cheese blend

1 cup Kirkland organic salsa

4 large eggs

1 medium onion

.5 cups of bread crumbs

.25 cups of Kirkland organic salsa for the top.

We mix together all of the ingredients in a bowl except for that last 1/4 cup of salsa.  Once the meat and the ingredients are mixed well, we then transfer the ingredients from the bowl into a 9x13 casserole pan.  Put it into the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 45 minutes.  I made this into 10 servings.  Below is the nutritional information of the turkey loaf compared to if you made the same recipe, but with 80/20 ground beef.

 

Nutritional Information	Turkey Loaf	80/20 Ground meatloaf
Calories	184.4	331.6
Total Fat	4.9g	19.7g
Saturated Fat	1.9g	7.9g
Cholesterol	137mg	181mg
Sodium	456.4mg	459.6mg
Potassium	46.1mg	46.1mg
Total Carbohydrate	7.6g	7.6g
Dietary Fiber	1.4g	1.4g
Sugars	2.3g	2.3g
Protein	25.9g	27.5g

     As you can see by looking at both the calories and fat, just by changing one ingredient you can change a lot about the meal you are eating.  Not only are you eating healthier now, but you're cutting unneeded fat from your diet and lowering your calorie intake.  Another great thing is that we have been able to find the Jennie-O ground turkey on sale buy one get one free so we stock up.  It isn't often we find ground beef on sale that good of a deal.