How’s your week before Christmas going? Ours started this morning with my interval class. Then to have lunch with Addie + Emmie before coming home to cook all afternoon. Soon it was time to head to class #2 – spinning. I dropped Anna off at Brady’s Grandmas while I went to teach and he picked her up. After a short stop at Trader Joe’s, I came home and showered. Then I put Anna to bed, while Brady went to his soccer game, ate dinner and cleaned up the kitchen and somehow it’s 11:30pm.
I need one more week before Christmas.
But that’s not the case, so I am just embracing the busyness!
This week I tried to think of a few dinners that wouldn’t taste like holiday food and came up with this.
Roasted Stuffed Peppers – His and Hers
- 1 cup cooked whole wheat couscous
- 4 red bell peppers, with tops removed and seeded
- 1/3 c. minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 c. cooked lentils
- 1/3 c. diced onions
- 4 small tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1 c. cooked lean ground beef, for his.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and roast the red peppers by placing them on a baking sheet. Roast for 25-30 minutes until the skin starts to brown and the pepper gets tender.
- While the peppers are roasting, a little water in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onions, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in water for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat. In a bowl, mix together cooked couscous, lentils, onions, fresh parsley, basil, garlic, lentils, tomato and feta. Stir to combine.
- In another bowl, place some of the mixture and add ground beef to it to make some of each.
- When peppers are done, spoon each mixture into the pepper halves.
- Return to the oven for 5 minutes.
In other news:
We have a kale chip lover on our hands.
I love stuffed peppers! For some reason I get so nervous about making them that I’ve never tried. Maybe now is the time 🙂
Love the “hers” recipe! I made a similar dish but I used black beans instead of lentils and jack cheese instead of feta. Can’t wait to try this version – hope you have a great holiday!! 🙂
that smile is contagious! she’s one of the happiest little girls i’ve ever seen 🙂
They are so easy – and perfect for reheating! Let me know how they go when you try them!!