Broccoli Cheddar Stuffed Peppers

MEAL PREP IDEA! What are you having for lunch this week??

I have been loving stuffed peppers. They are very easy to whip up and they stay good all week. This week I made broccoli cheddar stuffed peppers! I eat these for dinner a ton! For lunch, I split the recipe in half to have my normal one point lunch. It is filling enough for a quick lunchtime snack!

How many WW points is this now?! Click on the link below and it will take you to the recipe I made within your own WW app. Your specific points will be calculated, and you can track that.

Broccoli Cheddar Stuffed Peppers

serves 4 for half a pepper each

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Servings 4 people

Ingredients

 

• 2 bell peppers
• 16 ounces ground chicken breast or 99% fat-free ground turkey
• 1 head of broccoli
• ½ cup reduced fat, 2% milk cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasonings
• parsley for topping
• ¼ cup chicken broth fat-free, low sodium

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Slice and deseed/core peppers. Place on a greased baking tray, cut side up, and bake for 20 minutes, until desired wellness
• Meanwhile, grease a large, tall pan with cooking spray and heat up over medium heat
• Add chicken and begin to break up as you cook. Once slightly broken up, sprinkle with all the seasonings and continue to cook and break up
• Cook the chicken until almost completely cooked, until almost all the pink is gone
• Chop broccoli head up into very small pieces
• Add the broth to the pan with the ground chicken. Add broccoli and cover to steam broccoli for 5 minutes, until broccoli is soft and chicken is completely cooked
• Ad cheese and mix to melt
• Once cheese is melted, evenly divide mixture into each pepper
• My fiance loves to add ⅛ cup of extra cheese onto each of his peppers halves then pop it back in the oven until it has melted! (1 point)

myWW Points for HALF a pepper:

💚: 3

💙: 1

💜: 1

✔️: 150 calories

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myWW Points for a WHOLE pepper:

💚: 7

💙: 3

💜: 3

✔️: 300 calories 

Keyword Ground Chicken/Turkey

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