Servings: 6 servings
Butternut Squash & Brown Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers
An easy, nutritious light dinner recipe or side dish.
Ingredients
- 3 bell peppers cut half length-wise, insides removed (colors of choice)
- ¾ cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 Tbsp avocado oil
- ½ cups large yellow onion finely chopped (about 2.5 chopped onion)
- 2 cups butternut squash peeled and chopped into ¼” – ½” cubes (about half a small butternut squash)
- 2 Tbsp vegetable broth or water
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 2 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 cup baby spinach roughly chopped
Instructions
- Prepare your brown rice as it states on the package. I use a 2:1 ratio of water to rice, boil the water and let the rice simmer for 35 – 45 minutes.
- Heat the avocado oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add chopped butternut squash, stir to coat with oil, cover the skillet and cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the cover and add the 2 tablespoons of stock/water. Replace the cover, cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Add the yellow onion, cumin, coriander, garlic powder, fennel seeds and salt. Stir and sauté an additional 8 minutes until butternut squash is soft and all the water has evaporated.
- When rice is finished cooking, add the rice and the chopped spinach to the skillet with the butternut squash. Stir well and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut the bell peppers length-wise, remove their insides and place cut-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Remove peppers from the oven, allow them to cool and then flip them over (cut-side up) and stuff them with the stuffing, loading them up to the max (you may have a little leftover butternut squash stuffing).
- Bake the stuffed peppers for 7 minutes then remove and serve with your favorite meal!
Notes
Note: You can add grated cheese on top of the stuffed peppers before you bake them for some extra deliciousness if you aren't dairy-free! I’d recommend jack or goat cheese. Cheddar would work too :)
Nutrition
Serving: 1of 6, Calories: 135kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 3g, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 5g