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square baking dish with yellow and red stuffed peppers with cauliflower and ground beef topped with sauce and cheese
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Low Carb Stuffed Peppers

Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

  • 3 bell peppers i used 1 yellow, 1 orange, and 1 green
  • 1 lb ground beef or ground chicken or ground turkey
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 1 lb cauliflower rice diced cauliflower
  • 1 1/2-2 cups tomato sauce my homemade sauce recipe or use jarred sauce
  • If the sauce you're using is not seasoned enough add some dry oregano, salt, and pepper
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°
  • Slice peppers in half and remove seeds, cut off stems and trim and save extra pepper pieces to place in bottom of baking pan.
  • In an 8x8 pan (spray with oil if it's not nonstick) place the pepper halves in the pan and add in the cut pieces as necessary so they all have a "bottom"
  • In a skillet brown the beef with the onion, then add in the cauliflower.
  • Fill the peppers with the meat mixture and if you have extra you can put it in the dish alongside the peppers.
  • Top with peppers with tomato sauce, cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
  • Add the shredded cheese and continue to bake 10-15 more minutes or until the peppers are tender and the cheese has melted completely.