Turkey Spinach Stuffed Bell Peppers

You’ll love this easy-to-make meal of healthy turkey with spinach, brown rice, and salsa. Serve with a side of fresh avocado and Greek yogurt for a delicious meal. The Turkey Spinach Stuffed Bell Peppers can be made mild or hot, depending on your preference, and it heats up nicely the next day for leftovers.

We all need to eat healthy, but it shouldn’t taste like warmed up cardboard. The turkey in the Turkey Spinach Stuffed Bell Peppers is moist from the salsa and flavorful from the peppers spices.

I prefer using green bell peppers because they have a stronger flavor than the sweeter red, orange, yellow, or purple bell peppers.

But you don’t have to stop at just one color; mixing the colors of bell peppers makes for a beautiful presentation and it’s just plain fun. I’ve heard they even make a chocolate bell pepper.

Hmm. I’m not sure how that would go with turkey.

For other turkey recipes, check these out:

• Turkey Chili
• Really Good Turkey Meatloaf
• Spicy Turkey Spinach Roll Ups

Bake the Bell Peppers

Start by preparing your baking dishes. I am not a fan of dirty dishes, so I tend to line my dishes with foil whenever possible. After dinner it’s so nice balling up the foil and throwing it away instead of scrubbing a dish.

Depending on the size of your peppers, you may need to use 2 dishes…I always do.

Cut your peppers in half lengthwise and clean out the seeds and membrane.

Very lightly spray them with olive oil cooking spray and bake in the oven.

Make the Filling

The kitchen is going to smell so good when you start cooking the onions and garlic with chili powder and cumin.

I use a 5 quart Dutch oven for this, because I don’t like having to stir carefully. With the tall sides I can mix freely without things jumping out.

After the onions get soft, add the turkey. Break the turkey up as it browns, then add the salsa, and half the spinach.

Let the spinach wilt before you add the second half or your pot may overflow. Again why I like the Dutch oven.

After removing from the heat, stir in the cooked brown rice.

Baking the Turkey Spinach Stuffed Bell Peppers

Once you have filled the pre-baked peppers and covered them with foil, you have two choices; either 1) put into the refrigerator for baking later, or 2) bake now.

If you bake them after they have been in the refrigerator, you will need to bake longer — 30 minutes instead of 20.

Before they are ready to come out of the oven, however, first you need to remove the foil, sprinkle with some cheese, and pop back into the oven for another 5-7 minutes to let the cheese melt.

While the peppers are baking, I prepare the Greek yogurt by adding some minced onion and lemon juice. It gives it more flavor and a touch of pizzazz.

Time to eat! Serve these peppers up with some sliced avocado and the prepared Greek yogurt to complete the meal.

I hope you love these as much as I do. I especially love that it makes enough to share, plus leftovers.

Yay! I won’t have to cook tomorrow night.

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