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Black Bean Stuffed Bell Peppers


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October 29, 2013

upclose of stuffed peppersThese stuffed bell peppers are vegetarian and so easy to make!

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Total Time: 55-65 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups cooked brown rice
  • 2 cups baby spinach, chopped
  • 1 (10 oz.) Rotel diced tomatoes with green chiles
  • 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 small onion, finely diced
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 4 large green bell peppers,
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

Steps:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add water to a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Set aside.
  2. Wash bell peppers, then cut them in half lengthwise. Remove the stems, seeds, and membranes.
  3. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Put pepper halves into the boiling water and boil for 5 minutes.
  4. add peppers to boiling water 2
     
  5. Remove peppers from pot and pat dry. Set aside.
  6. prepared pepper halves
     
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  7. Put onion into a pan with a little oil. Cook until transparent and tender.

    NOTE: I had a pepper half that had some soft spots, so after removing those, I diced it up and cooked it with the onion.

  8. saute onions
     
  9. Put cream cheese into a bowl and stir until smooth.
  10. stir cream cheese
     
  11. Add cooked rice, tomatoes, and onions. Then add cumin and oregano. Stir to combine.
  12. add onions
     
    stir filling
     
  13. Mix in black beans, then add spinach; stir to combine.
  14. add black beans
     
    add chopped spinach
     
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  15. Stuff each pepper half with filling. Then place pepper halves in baking dish and top with cheese.
  16. add filling to peppers
     
    top with cheese
     
  17. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until filling is bubbly and peppers are tender.
  18. balck bean stuffed bell peppers
     
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August 9, 2014

These stuffed bell peppers are delicious, nutritious and simple to make. Check out this video and make some for dinner tonight!

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