• Making Mayo’s Recipes: Stuffed quinoa peppers

    By

    Dana Sparks

healthy vegetables, small stuffed peppers with quinoa and walnuts

Stuffed peppers are often made with ground meat. This meatless version is just as satisfying, thanks to a hearty mix of quinoa, walnuts, tomatoes and zucchini.

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Watch: Stuffed quinoa peppers

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Ingredients

  1. 2 large bell peppers, cut in half
  2. 1 cup uncooked quinoa
  3. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  4. 1 cup chopped zucchini
  5. 6 Roma tomatoes, chopped
  6. 1/2 cup chopped onion
  7. 1 stalk celery, chopped
  8. 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
  9. 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  10. 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
  11. 1 teaspoon salt
  12. 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  13. 1/2 teaspoon Parmesan cheese

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