2 cups chopped tomatoes (I used 3 tomatoes)
1/3 cup chopped yellow or white onion
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
2 tbsp lime juice
1-2 jalepeno or serrano peppers, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped
Salt to taste
*I also added kidney beans (yes, I soaked them myself!) b/c I love them.
Just mix everything together! Couldn't get much easier :)
Stuff I threw together (first was a suggestion from Jess - thanks!!)
Breakfast Wrap:
Scramble 1 egg or 2 egg whites with 1/2 cup salsa (I like it warm)
Put a sprinkle of fat free cheese on top
I put it all in 1 small wheat tortilla, and stuff was still falling out.
Fish Taco:
I used another small wheat tortilla (imagine that)
1 tbsp fat free tartar sauce (yes, I cheated! At least it was fat free)
Diced tomato, lettuce, break up the fish, sprinkle some fat free cheese on top. Yummy!
Real Recipes:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/dads_stuffed_bell_peppers/
Dad's Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe
Ingredients **I used quinoa instead of rice!**
4 green or red bell peppers
Salt
5 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped
1 clove of garlic, peeled and chopped
1 lb of lean ground beef
1 1/2 cup of cooked rice or 3/4 cup of raw instant rice
1 cup chopped tomatoes, fresh or canned
1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano or 1 tsp of dried oregano
Fresh ground pepper
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp of Worcestershire Sauce
Dash of Tabasco sauce
Method
1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, cut top off peppers 1 inch from the stem end, and remove seeds. Add several generous pinches of salt to boiling water, then add peppers and boil, using a spoon to keep peppers completely submerged, until brilliant green (or red if red peppers) and their flesh slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Drain, set aside to cool.
2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat 4 tbsp of the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, and cook, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, add meat, rice, tomatoes, and oregano, and season generously with salt and pepper. Mix well.
3 Drizzle remaining 1 tbsp. Oil inside peppers, arrange cut side up in a baking dish, then stuff peppers with filling. Combine ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, and 1/4 cup of water in a small bowl, then spoon over filling. Add 1/4 cup of water to the baking dish. Place in oven and bake for 40-50 minutes (or longer, depending on how big the peppers are that you are stuffing), until the internal temperature of the stuffed pepper is 150-160°F.
Serves 4.
