I decided today to share one of my favorite recipes of late…polenta & veggie stuffed red peppers. And they are around 275 calories for an entire pepper!
Now, I’ve never been a huge fan of peppers…until I overlooked the price tag and bought red, orange and yellow peppers. Oh my. They are sweet and delicious cooked or raw. So, the idea of stuffed peppers never appealed to me until I explored the world of rainbow peppers. I found a few different recipes, tweaked things to my tastes and this is what I came up with…
Start out by cutting four large red peppers in half…
…remove the ribs…
…and rinse out the seeds…
Place all of the halves in a lightly greased baking pan.
Preheat the oven to 425. Chop up two zucchinis and one yellow squash and one small sweet onion. (I usually add asparagus, too, but we were out.)
Heat all of the veggies together in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. (You can use whatever veggies you like.)
Once the veggies are tender, add about a cup of sweet frozen or fresh corn, a chopped clove of garlic and some salt & pepper.
While the veggies are cooking, make a 1/2 recipe of the Corn Meal Mush on the back of a Quaker Corn Meal canister.
Once the corn meal mush (polenta sounds better) is cooked, add it to the veggies.
Add 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
Fold everything together gently until combined and then fill the pepper halves.
Sprinkle with just an itty bitty bit of Parmesan cheese.
Bake at 425 for about 30-45 minutes depending on how soft you want your peppers.
I like to eat my pepper with a big handful of arugula.
Some days a half is enough for me and other times I eat a whole pepper. Each half is 132 calories, making a whole pepper only 264 for an entire meal.
My husband loves these as well and has been asking me to make them regularly. They also are good to make ahead and keep well for leftovers.
The nice thing about a recipe like this is you can make little tweaks to fit it to your tastes. If you eat vegan, omit the cheese. Use quinoa or rice instead of the cornmeal. Make it whatever works for you!
It was a really quick and easy project, too. A tutorial will be available soon on HGTV.com.
This looks delicious! I have been trying to add more veggies to our diets so will definitely try this.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks healthy and yummy. I will definitely be making it this week. I am always looking for new veggie recipes.
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Don’t worry. This will always be a home decor blog. 🙂 I am just sharing some recipes, because other readers were interested.
This looks delicious and simple to make. I don’t mind recipes that are healthy AND tested, meaning someone has actually made it and ate it. Thank you for this – looks yummy enough to try!
This recipe looks amazing! Thank you for sharing. I would like to eat more vegetarian, but hubby dislikes lots of vegetable so it’s rare. Easy recipes like this would give me a chance, and can be modified to make dinner vegetables too so I don’t have to cook everything twice.
Looks delish! I’m not a huge pepper fan, but these look fabulous! I’m going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Try adding a spoonful of pesto to the top before sprinkling on the cheese. It adds a few more calories but the flavor is amazing!
Love that you are adding your favorite recipes to the blog. Keep it up!
Thanks for another recipe! Last night we tried your black bean burger recipe—it was FANTASTIC- my husband, 8, 7 and 3 year old had TWO helpings each. CRAZINESS! I was shocked- Your photo appeared to have more texture than mine-perhaps I pulverized mine too long in the processor. Thank you! cd
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Looks yummy. Try using quinoa instead of the cornmeal, it will give you extra protein too.
Well, at first I thought…ugh… but then after reading the recipe, it sounds pretty tasty! I actually might have to try it – a nice thing to try for a meatless meal!
Those peppers looks delicious! We love peppers at our house and are trying to reduce our carb intake; I might try to see if I can adapt that for the slow cooker – my dinner prep time is usually pretty short due to after-school activities.
And that apple topiary looks amazing!
Your peppers look delicious. Will definitely give them a try.
Have you tried Skinnytaste.com? Fabulous recipes with weight watcher points and nutritionals. Lots of vegetarian recipes too. I use recipes from her site several times a week. Never disappointed.
Interesting! I would never have thought that colored peppers were that sweet and nice. Of course I read everything you write. If you wrote about going to the local dump I would read it. Write what you want. Ann
Yummy!! I too was not a big pepper fan until I recently tried orange peppers, and I bet I would love this too. We’ve been adding a whole lot more veggies to our meals, and cutting out the carbs, so this looks like it would be perfect. Thanks so much for sharing!!
I’m a fan too and love the recipes as well as decor posts 🙂 Thanks for sharing it all!
That looks so delicious and simple enough for a mid-week meal!
I agree with those who say no more food recipes etched. There are too many blogs making food a religion. Love your ideas and want to continue reading Them!!
Thanks for all you do for home decor! Not food
One creative endeavor inspires us in another area so you just keep on playing in your new, beautiful kitchen! You have earned it. 🙂 LOVE the apples
I’m loving the recipes, keep them coming! You’re giving me so many great ideas for “meatless” dinners and they’re so tasty no one in my family will notice 😉 Thanks!
YUM!! I cannot wait to make these for my husband – we eat mainly veggies, & these sound SO good!! Thanks for sharing – & CONGRATULATIONS on you new way of eating and living!!
This looks absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try it! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Well, you know the old saying, “you can’t please all of the people all of the time.” I like seeing your recipes and think its good to add variety to your site. And for those of us struggling with our weight, it’s nice to get these new recipes already tested by you. Keep on keeping on!
The peppers look wonderful! Funny, stuffed peppers used to be my childhood hate food. My mom always made them and we always hated eating them! But I finally tried a recipe the other day and they came out delicious! And your topiary is heavenly!!
Julie
The recipe looks wonderful. I have never been a big fan of peppers either, but my mom loves them so we are planting several in the garden this year. I think I would substitute quinoa for the polenta though.
Also the topiary is gorgeous! I’m going to have to try that!
Love the veggies, love the topiary ~ but what I really love is that container! From where, from whom?
Thanks again for sharing all that you do 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks for the yummy recipe! I’m pinning it and the apple topiary! Gorgeous!
Leslie
yum! they look delicious!
Its YOUR blog, post what you want! LOL!
Looks yummy!
Topiary is adorable!
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Hi Mariann … that does look delicious. I do not like green pepper either, but love the red, orange and yellow, I would love to make this for myself, but Mr.Z. would not eat it at all. Thanks for sharing.
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Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
Hi, Marian! I think this is the first time I see a recipe in your blog!!!
It sounds delicious!!! I love everything you used!!!!
I will try and let you know!!
XOXO
Claudine
funny how some want to tell the blogger what to do with…THEIR….blog. Start your own folks if ya don’t like what you’re reading here or elsewhere. As far as the recipe….good for you for trying something new. We all should be so courageous! (I know….blunt)
Thank you so much for posting this recipe! Will try it this week! Please post more recipes and ANYTHING else you’d like to post . This is YOUR blog, so YOU can do whatever you’d like to do. I love reading about all your topics. Thank you for writing this blog.
Yum! I’m soooo gonna make that!
Cindy
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I tried it tonight for dinner and it was fantastic!!! I will definitely be making this again!
That looks delicious. You could easily up the protein and flavor by using milk instead of water in the mush. As a lontime vegetarian, I’m always looking for ways of adding a little extra.
LOVING the recipes 🙂 made this the other night and even the HUBBY ate it and asked me to make it again. I use to be mostly a raw foodist before the kids and now im back to a mostly vegan diet. I love your recipes. Please keep them coming. I wanted to share our favorite shake with you:
Acai smoopthie pack from zambazoan (whole foods)
organic tripple berry frozen
ripe banana
organic mango juice from trader joes
raw cacao nibs (whole foods or heatlhy food store)
blend together– GREAT antioxidant and morning cofffee subsititute.
<3 the blog!
I love red peppers. Sometime you can find green ones that are just starting to change colour. Then you can get them for the lower green pepper price and after a few days in the fridge you’ll have a red/yellow/orange pepper.
Made this recipe and loved it. Always looking for great healthy, quick recipes. My husband and 17-year old son gave it a thumbs up too!! Thanks Marian.
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