Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. lean ground beef or turkey
• 1 cup cooked brown rice
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp. minced fresh thyme
• 1 tsp. minced dried basil 
• 4 bell peppers (any color), tops cut off and seeded
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce

Makes 4 Servings (1 stuffed pepper per serving)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Mix together beef or turkey, rice onion, peas, Parmesan, tomato paste, garlic, thyme, and basil in a large bowl; spoon evenly into bell peppers. Stand peppers in shallow baking dish or casserole. Pour tomato puree over peppers; add enough water to baking dish to come partway up sides of peppers. 
3. Cover baking dish with foil and bake, basting peppers occasionally with tomato liquid, 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until peppers and rice are tender and filling is cooked through, about 20 minutes longer. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

WW POINTS VALUE: 5 pts.

Note: This recipe appears in the WW New Complete Cookbook. Here is another version of comfort food that can be good for you. You can use ground beef or ground turkey in this recipe and the dish will still be filling and tasty. You forget this comfort food is good for you with all the vegetables, protein and  brown rice in this dish. These peppers will fill you up so you may not have enough room for dessert.