Stuffed Bell Peppers #2

What You Will Need:


4-6 Bell Peppers
*1 lb of Ground sirloin
1 cup of Golden Raisin
15 oz can of tomato sauce
1/2 cup of sliced stuffed green olives
2 chopped garlic cloves
2 teaspoons cinnamon 
4 teaspoons ground cumin
2 cups pre cooked brown rice
Salt to taste

*substitute sirloin for some vegetarian ground soy meat and this dish will become vegetarian 
Make It: 


Turn oven to 400

Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds and membranes. Put them in a baking pan.
Cook meat, garlic, cinnamon, and cumin until meat is slightly pink. Add raisins and tomato sauce until meat is done to your preference. Remove from heat. Mix in rice and olives. Salt to taste. Stuff the peppers with the meat mixture and bake for about 15 minutes.

Have your items out ready

Cooking the meat

Rice and olives mixed in to mixture

Peppers are stuffed and ready for the oven

Feel free to play around with the ingredients and make it your own

Submitted by Miles

Vegetables with Yogurt Cumin Sauce

What You Will Need:

1 Cup plain Greek Yogurt
1 Tablespoon Tahini
2 Tablespoons Lime or Lemon juice
¾ Teaspoon ground Cumin
1 Garlic clove, minced
Salt(to taste)
Pepper(to taste)
6 Zucchini, cut lengthwise
6 Squash, cut lengthwise
3-4 Tablespoons Olive Oil
¼ Cup chopped Parsley

`you can use the grill, broiler, or stove top. For this dish I used the stove top.


Make It:

Mix together yogurt, Tahini, lemon juice, cumin, and garlic, pinch of salt, 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil in a small bowl.

Heat broiler, grill, or stove top. Brush the vegetable with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook until browned or if using stove top, cook until tender. Turning a few times.

Place vegetables on a platter, sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve with sauce.  

Items needed

Vegetables

Sliced Vegetables

Vegetables with Yogurt Cumin Sauce ready to be Enjoyed!!

Submitted by Panda

Tilapia with Grilled Peppers and Onion

What You Will Need:


½ Inch thick slices of White Onion
Sweet Bell Peppers, sliced
4 Tilapia Fillets
*Salt(to taste)
*Pepper(to taste)
Jalapeno, thinly sliced
Garlic, minced(optional)
Olive oil
**Tortillas


*I substituted the salt and pepper with some Cajun seasoning. This was just a personal preference.
**With the tortillas, you can make this dish into fish tacos.
***You can put this on the grill, I don’t have one. The stove top worked out just fine


Make It:


Heat stove top.


Cook the sliced vegetables until soft. Add a little salt and pepper


Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper, heat the skillet. Add a little olive oil so the fish doesn’t stick. Cook the fish to your preference.


Serve. I plated this dish with the fish on top of the bed of vegetables. If you would like to make tacos, warm the tortillas and add some veggies along with a cut of fish.

Tilapia

Chopped Vegetables

Grilling the Vegetables

Tilapia with Grilled Peppers and Onion ready to be Enjoyed!!

Feel free to play around with the ingredients and make it your own

Submitted By Miles

Honey Cashew Chicken with Rice

What You Will Need:

Brown Rice

Boneless Chicken breast, cut into cubes

2 Tablespoons Cornstarch

1 Tablespoon Canola Oil

1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil

2 Cups Broccoli Florets

1 Cup Frozen Shelled Edamame

2 Minced Garlic cloves

Yellow onion, finely chopped

Red Bell pepper, chopped

½ Cup dry-roasted cashews, unsalted

1 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar

3 Tablespoons Honey

2 Tablespoons Low Sodium Soy Sauce

1 Tablespoon Sriracha(hot chile sauce)

Salt(to taste)

Pepper(to taste)

Make It:

Cook Rice. Combine chicken, cornstarch, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat.

Heat large skillet over medium heat. Add canola and sesame oils. Add chicken mixture, and sauté until lightly browned. Increase heat to high, add broccoli, edamame, garlic, yellow onion, and red bell pepper. Cook until vegetable are crisp tender and chicken is done, stir frequently. Stir in cashews.

Combine vinegar, honey, soy sauce, and Sriracha in a small bowl. Stir with a whisk. Add the mixture to the chicken mixture, toss to coat. Serve over rice.

Chopped Vegetable

Vinegar Mixture

Chicken Mixture

Honey Cashew Chicken with Rice ready to be Enjoyed!!!

Feel free to play around with the ingredients and make it your own

Submitted By Miles

Turkey Sausage Mixture

What you will need:

Olive Oil

Your Favorite Turkey Sausage chopped

Chopped Serrano Jalapenos(optional)

*Spinach(it's easier to add handfuls at a time so that it can cook)

*Mushrooms(it's easier if you find a container of chopped mushrooms)

Minced Garlic to taste

Salt to taste

**Brown Rice(optional)

*I prefer a lot of vegetable so I add a ton of spinach and mushrooms

**I put the sausage on a bed of brown rice, it's delicious on it own.

The bigger the pan the better

Make It:

Add the jalapeno peppers(if using) and minced garlic to hot pan and cook 1-2 minutes. Then add the chopped turkey sausage and cook for a few minutes until sausage is almost cooked to your preference, make sure to stir occasionally. Add the mushrooms and cook for a few more minutes. 

Finally add the spinach in handfuls until stir so that it cooks quicker. Once all the spinach has been added and cooked add the salt(if using) Stir.

Serve and Enjoy 

Chopped Sausage

Chopped Mushrooms

Washed and dried Spinach

Turkey Sausage Mixture ready to be Enjoyed

Feel free to play around with the ingredients and make it your own

Submitted by Miles