Roasted Bell Peppers Stuffed with Quinoa

There will be looks of envy from the meat-eating crowd when you serve this colorful and delicious entr�e of bell peppers stuffed with mushrooms, carrots, spinach, quinoa and cashews. For a beautiful presentation, choose a combination of green, red, orange and yellow bell peppers.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

13 reviews 
Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes
by lehua10

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil plus more for oiling the pan

1 red onion chopped

1/2 pound sliced mushrooms

1 cup chopped carrots

7 bell peppers (1 cored, seeded and chopped; tops removed and reserved)

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1/4 pound baby spinach

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1 cup uncooked quinoa rinsed and cooked according to package directions

Salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup cashews roasted, salted


Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally until transparent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until softened, 4 to 5 minutes more. Add carrots and chopped peppers, cook until just softened, then add parsley and spinach (in batches, if needed). Let spinach wilt then stir in cinnamon, cumin and cooked quinoa and toss gently to combine. Add salt, pepper and cashews and cook 1 to 2 minutes more. Set aside to let filling cool until just warm. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9- x 13-inch baking pan with oil then set aside. Divide quinoa mixture evenly among remaining 6 bell peppers, gently packing it down and making sure to fully fill each pepper. Top each pepper with its reserved top then arrange them upright in prepared pan. Cover snugly with foil and bake, checking halfway through, until peppers are tender and juicy and filling is hot throughout, about 1 hour. Transfer to plates and serve

Reviews


This was okay. Probably won't make it again.

Guest

This was okay. Probably won't make it again.

CynthiaBruch

The carrots tasted very sweet. My quinoa hating husband found it "edible".

hpellegr

marishaparker

Very tasty. I added garlic for some added flavor and replaced pumpkin seeds for cashews. So easy to throw together

Valerie411

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