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Public Lives: Shannon O'Brien | Secret Recipes: Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Cuisine: Dinner
Servings: 4 peppers
Author: Public Lives, Secret Recipes

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!

Notes

Supplies
  • knife
  • cutting board
  • measuring cup
  • large saucepan
  • large saute pan
  • vegetable chopper
  • mixing spoon
  • 8x8 baking dish