Public Lives: Shannon O'Brien | Secret Recipes: Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Author: Public Lives, Secret Recipes
Recipe type: Dinner
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Serves: 4 peppers
Ingredients
4 peppers, red or green
2 cups quinoa
2 large carrots, chopped
4 ribs of celery (rib=one entire piece of celery from the stalk)
garlic oil
shredded cheese, to taste
Instructions
Wash the peppers. Cut tops & stems of peppers off. Remove seeds & rinse insides with cold water.
Preheat oven to 350 F. In large saucepan, bring 4 cups of water to boil over medium-high heat. Cook quinoa according to packaging.
Chop the carrots, onion, & celery. Toss to combine.
Over low-medium heat, saute chopped vegetables with roughly 2-4 tbsp garlic oil. Cook until onion is translucent. Combine quinoa with vegetables.
Fill peppers with roughly ½ tsp of cheese followed by a generous layer of quinoa mixture & repeat until final layer of cheese has been applied & peppers are full.
Fill baking dish with ¼ cup of water. Individually wrap each pepper in tin foil & place in baking dish.
Bake peppers for 30-35 minutes. Enjoy!
Supplies
knife cutting board measuring cup large saucepan large saute pan vegetable chopper mixing spoon 8x8 baking dish
Recipe by Public Lives, Secret Recipes at https://publiclivessecretrecipes.com/2015/11/public-lives-shannon-obrien-secret-recipes-quinoa-stuffed-peppers.html