Skinny Taste Turkey Stuffed Peppers

First, I must say, I highly recommend following Gina's Skinny Taste Blog, everything I have ever made has been incredibly flavorful, easy to make and delicious!  I love the concept of stuffed peppers, but when I have made them in the past, they have just been bland and not something I would make again.  A friend advised me to try Gina's Turkey Stuffed Peppers, and as always, they were amazing. We will never try another stuffed pepper recipe again.  Since finding this gem, we have made them several times, and they have been perfect each time. My only changes from Gina's recipe, were to use hot turkey sausage, instead of the lean, chopped turkey meat in her recipe, and we used rice pilaf as that is what was available in our pantry that day!

Ingredients:

6 hot turkey sausages

1 garlic, minced
1/4 onion, minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin powder
3 large sweet red bell peppers, washed
1 cup fat free chicken broth
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1 1/2 cups cooked rice pilaf
Olive oil spray
1/4 cup reduced fat shredded cheese


Directions:

1) Heat oven to 400°. Spray a little olive oil spray in a medium size saute pan and heat on a medium flame.

2)  Add onion and garlic to the pan. Sauté about 2 minutes and add ground turkey.

3) Season with salt and garlic powder, and cumin and brown meat for several minutes until meat is completely cooked through.

4) Add 1/4 cup of tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of chicken broth, mix well and simmer on low for about 5 minutes. Combine cooked rice and meat together.

5) Cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, and remove all seeds. Place in a baking dish.

6) Spoon the meat mixture into each pepper half and fill it with as much as you can. Place all stuffed pepper halves on the baking dish and pour the remainder of the chicken broth on the bottom of the pan.

7) Cover tight with aluminum foil and bake for about 35 minutes. Top with shredded cheddar cheese and enjoy.