Low Calorie Lunch

Green Peppers Stuffed with Pineapple Rice

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Green Peppers Stuffed with Pineapple Rice

Green Peppers stuffed with pineapple rice - Sweet and Spicy!

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Health Score:
83 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
35 min.
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Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
2 onions
2 garlic cloves
4 Tbsps Canola oil
7 ozs Long grain rice
1 Tbsp Tomato paste
14 ozs Vegetable broth
3 ozs Peas (fresh or frozen)
2 cans diced Tomatoes (about 14 ounce)
salt
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp Red pepper flakes
4 green Bell pepper
7 ozs Feta
7 ozs Pineapple
3 Tbsps toasted Peanuts
3 Tbsps chopped cilantro
How healthy are the main ingredients?
TomatoLong grain riceFetaTomato pastesugaronion

Preparation steps

1.

Peel onions and garlic and chop finely. Heat 3 tablespoons of canola oil in a saucepan, saute half of onions and half of garlic until soft. Add rice and saute for a few minutes. Add tomato paste, broth and peas. Bring to a boil, reduce temperature and simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes on low heat.  

2.

Heat grapeseed oil in a pan and brown remaining onions and garlic. Add canned tomatoes, season with salt, sugar and red pepper flakes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Pour sauce into a baking dish.

3.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

4.

Halve bell peppers lengthwise, remove seeds and ribs (leave stems intact) and rinse. Crumble feta cheese, dice pineapple finely. Combine rice with pineapple, peanuts, approximately 3 1/2 ounces of feta and cilantro, Season with salt and red pepper and stuff peppers with the mixture. Arrange peppers in a baking pan and sprinkle with remaining feta cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F for about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and serve.