Author Notes
This festive fall classic uses butternut squash, pumpkin seeds, spinach and quinoa to fill multicolored bell peppers. Use vegetable broth and omit feta for a vegan main. —bvrlybest
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Ingredients
- Quinoa
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3 cups
vegetable or chicken stock
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1.5 cups
Quinoa
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2 each
Red, yellow, green bell peppers. Tops cut off and seeded
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vegetable oil for casserole dish and outside of peppers
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salt to taste
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.5 teaspoons
cayenne pepper
- The Stuffing
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2.5 tablespoons
olive oil
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1
medium onion, diced
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2 cups
butternut squash, finely diced
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1 bunch
spinach, blanched for 2 minutes, dried and chopped
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.5 cups
shelled pumpkin seeds and more for garnish
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2
cloves garlic, minced
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6 ounces
feta, crumbled
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1/8 cup
chopped fresh oregano
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1/8 cup
finely chopped thyme
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salt
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lemon juice
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.5 cups
water
Directions
- Quinoa
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In a medium heavy saucepan, bring the 3 Cups stock to a boil and add quinoa. Cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is very tender. About 30 minutes. Set aside
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Preheat oven to 400.
Oil the outside of the peppers and season the inside with salt and the cayenne pepper.
Trim bottom of peppers so they stand up in the casserole dish
Oil the casserole dish
- The Stuffing
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Heat the olive oil in a large pan. Saute the onion, garlic, squash, and pumpkin seeds until they begin to get tender. Add the quinoa, spinach, and herbs and continue to sauté until blended. Add feta and mix well. Add a squeeze of lemon and Salt to taste.
Fill each pepper with the stuffing mixture and top with a few crumbles of feta and a few pumpkin seeds.
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Place filled peppers in the prepared pan. Ad ½ C water or stock to pan and cover with foil. Bake 20-25 minutes until peppers are tender.
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