Stuffed Bell Peppers with Ground Beef and Quinoa

Ingredients

• 2 small bell peppers (approx. 250 g)
• 120 g lean ground beef
• 100 g cooked quinoa
• 100 g tomato passata
• 50 g onion
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Nutrition

Instructions

1. 1

   Prepare the peppers

   Preheat the oven to 190°C conventional. Halve the peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds and membranes and place in a small baking dish.

2. 2

   Cook the beef

   Finely dice the onion. Heat the oil, soften the onion for 2 minutes and cook the beef for 5 minutes until crumbled and fully browned.

3. 3

   Mix the filling

   Stir in the quinoa, 60 g of the passata and the paprika. Season and simmer for 2 minutes.

4. 4

   Fill the peppers

   Pour the remaining passata into the dish. Fill the pepper halves with the beef and quinoa mixture and cover the dish.

5. 5

   Bake

   Bake for 25 minutes, then uncover and cook for another 10 minutes until the peppers are tender and the meat is fully cooked.