So this is our most popular dinner during the week. You need only 5 ingredients and in 20 minutes you can enjoy a healthy and light dinner. The great thing about this recipe is, that you can change it up depending on what ingredients you have in your pantry at home. Your children can also help you with this recipe. It is very simple and they will be proud of themselves for having a part in the preparation : -)
Ingredients:
125 g of quinoa - 1/2 vol of standart tea cup
3 bell peppers
Tomatoes
Feta Cheese
Herbs
Optional garnish:
If you want to add an animal protein try this recipe with tuna and add some corn, you will definitely like it
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Portion: for 3 people
Designation: Vegetarian, gluten-free
Stuffed bell peppers are one of the two quinoa recipes, I prepared for you and are suitable for meal prep to save you time during the week. At the same time ensure that you have quality food full of the necessary nutrients.
You can look forward to a sweet dessert with the second quinoa recipe :-) Since I really try to save time spent in the kitchen and not cook for hours, this stuffed bell peppers recipe also has the advantage that it lasts for 2 days. So one day you enjoy a great dinner and the next part you keep in a box for lunch the next day. You can serve this recipe as a side dish to meat or as a light main course with just a salad or roasted vegetables.
Nutritional point
Bell peppers
Bell peppers is botanically classified as a fruit just like, for example, tomatoes.
Peppers are made of more than 90% water. The rest is proteins, a small amount of fat and carbohydrates, which cause their sweet taste. Peppers are a rich source of Vitamin C! So it is definitely worth including it in your diet now and thus support the proper functioning of our immune system.
Quinoa
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is gluten-free pseudocereals with a little hazelnuts taste. Before cooking is better to rinse the quinoa to clean taste from saponins, which can cause a bitter taste.
Quinoa is high in protein, and is also a good source of iron or magnesium.
Directions
Rinse the quinoa under running water and then boil 1 part quinoa to 2 parts water for 15 minutes.
Cut the tomatoes and herbs into pieces. I used fresh parsley in this recipe.
Finely chop the Feta cheese as well. Since this cheese is already quite salty, I only added a pinch of salt and some pepper to the final mixture.
Mix the whole mixture in a bowl and let it sit for 5 minutes so that the flavors come together nicely.
Clean the peppers and cut them in half. Then fill the peppers with the prepared mixture and drizzle with a little olive oil.
Then let it bake for 15-20 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
Serve on its own or top with salad and roasted vegetables. Bon appetit!
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