Beef stuffed
peppers
2 pepper halves per serving = 4 points
2
medium
red bell peppers, halved and seeded
2 medium
yellow bell peppers, halved and seeded
8 ounces lean ground beef ( 10% or less fat)
2 cups finely chopped tomatoes
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 cup finely chopped bell pepper
3 eggs whites
3 tablespoons plain dried bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup tomato sauce( no salt added)
fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs to garnish
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray large shallow baking pan with nonstick cooking
spray.
2. Place red and yellow bell pepper halves cut side up in large microwaveable
baking dish with vented cover microwave on
medium(70%
power) 10 min. until tender. Uncover. Let stand until cool.
3. Mean while in
med.
bowl combine beef, tomatoes, onions, green bell pepper, egg whites, bread
crumbs, salt and black pepper.
4.Fill each cooked pepper half with equal amount of beef mixture, pressing
mixture down and, with fork, making decorative ridges into top of mixture. Place
stuffed pepper halves, stuffed-side up, into prepared baking pan bake 25-30 min.
until beef mixture is lightly browned.
5. Pour tomato sauce over stuffed pepper halves bake 15-20 min longer until
sauce is bubbling and brown around
edges.
Serve garnished with parsley.
Serving (2 stuffed pepper halves = 4 points) provides 5 vegetables,1 3/4
Proteins, ¼ bread per-serving 217 Calories, 7 G Total Fat, 2 G Saturated Fat, 35
MG Cholesterol, 284 MG Sodium, 23 G Total Carbohydrate, 5 G Dietary Fiber, 18 G
Protein, 37 Mg Calcium.