Thursday: Turkey Couscous Stuffed Bell Peppers

Personal Note: We arrived back at the house Wednesday night from our trip, and neither one of us wanted to go to the store. So I work up Thursday and wandered over to the grocer’s and literally let the Spirit lead me and prayed I had enough to make something. Red bell peppers were buy one get one free (which is a great deal!), so I snagged and few of those and here’s what I came up with! I made the stuffing from the Moroccan Acorn Squash, but stuffed it in the peppers. Hold on a second, I think the Nobel people are on the phone.

Plan of Attack:

1. Parboil bell peppers

2. Make stuffing

3. Bake for 30 minutes

Ingredients for 2:

2 bell peppers (any color), tops removed and seeded

½ C Water

¼ C red cooking wine

4 sundried tomatoes

1 Tbsp olive oil

½ onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

½ C garbanzo beans

¼ C raisins

¼ C veggie broth

¼ C leftover turkey, roughly chopped (optional, but get used to seeing this ingredient)

½ C couscous

½ Tbsp cumin

Salt & pepper to taste

Cheese of choice (I used Jarlsberg)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Heat a large pot filled ½ full with water to a boil. Then submerge the using a wooden spoon (fill the insides to sink them), and boil for 3 minutes. Carefully drain and remove the peppers, and place in an 8x8 cooking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
3. In a small pot add the water, red cooking wine and sundried tomatoes; simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the tomatoes (saving the liquid) and roughly chop; set aside.
4. Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet to medium-high heat. Add the onions and cooking for 3-4 minutes until translucent.
5. Add the garlic, cumin and sundried tomatoes and cook for another minute
6. Then add the garbanzo beans, raisins, turkey and salt and pepper, stir together
7. Finally add the veggie broth and couscous. Remove from heat, top with lid and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
8. Stuff peppers with the turkey mixture, if you have too much like I did, just surround the peppers with the extra. Top with cheese and bake for 30 minutes
9. Enjoy!