Loaded with protein, healthy grains, and veggies, these southwestern quinoa stuffed peppers are a healthy balanced meal for the family.
A delicious meal made with fresh red bell peppers stuffed with protein-packed quinoa, fiber-rich black beans, combined with a southwestern-style blend of spiced and herbs, and topped with creamy mozzarella cheese.
I grew up on stuffed peppers. My mother’s recipe was a simple combination of white rice, tomato sauce and ground beef, and although it was delicious I love up-cycling old recipes! Since I’m a huge fan of quinoa I substituted plain rice with this nutty grain and added an earthy blend of tex-mex flavours.
These southwestern quinoa stuffed peppers are incredibly filling and hearty, making them an ideal vegetarian option for the family. For meat-lovers, simply saute some ground beef and add it to their personalized stuffed peppers.
Oh my gosh this looks wonderful! I will have to make it as we love peppers here. Thanks much!
I’m honestly not a fan of peppers whatsoever, but I have heard nothing but good things about stuffed pepper dishes such as this. I should make it for my husband one day, I’m pretty sure he would absolutely love to try it.
It’s a great balanced meal for the family-veggies, grains and protein (if you add ground beef) all in one!
This looks fabulous! I love quinoa and stuffed peppers so no doubt this is amazing!
Thanks, I hope you try it!
OH my goodness. Those look so good. I’ve considered making stuffed peppers for my family. My kids are such picky eaters – we’ll see!
If your kids are adventurous eaters they’ll love this!
This looks so good! I’ll have to make this this week!
Ooh man. This looks SO good! I’ve got some Quinoa in my kitchen right now!
I love making stuffed peppers but I never thought about stuffing them with quinoa. Sounds like good stuff. Will have to try this next time I am going to stuff them.
It’s nice to switch up recipes every once in a while!
I love stuffed peppers but never tried it with quinoa yet. Your recipe looks delish. I’m going to print it out.
Thanks! Quinoa is just as satifying as rice!
These peppers look absolutely delicious!! Will have to pin this!!!
Thanks for pinning!
Thanks for sharing!
This looks like a delicious recipe. I have been wanting to try Quinoa.
I have not had good luck cooking with quinoa before but I would love to give this recipe a try.
You might found my step by step cooking instructions helpful. In case you missed the link in this post, here it is: http://www.bitesforbabies.com/blog/quintessential-quinoa/
That looks absolutely delicious. My husband would absolutely love this. He loves stuffed peppers.
We’ve been looking for stuffed pepper recipes and I just might have to give this one a shot. Love cooking with quinoa.
My husband would love this. I’m going to make it for him.
A saver – just put it in my recipe file and I would probably do it with sauteed peppers, just for myself – thank you!
That sounds great…and easy! Just sautee some peppers then throw in the quinoa and mix all together!
We just bought some tri colored quoina to make things with. I’ll be showing this to my boyfriend to see what he thinks!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen tri-coloured quinoa! Do they all take the same amount of time to cook?
I really love stuffed peppers of every type I’ve made and tried. I’d really like to make these sometime soon.
Thanks, hope you do!
Oooh…I never thought about doing any of this. I have stuffed green peppers with rice and stuff before, but not like this. Yummy!
And I’ve never used green peppers to make stuffed peppers, lol! I might try that…I just find the red ones much sweeter!
Stuffed peppers are so delicious and this looks awesome. I really think I need to give quinoa another try.
So, you didn’t like it? How was it prepared? It has a unique flavour but lends well to so many different dishes!
This recipe looks so yummy, it’s a great and healthy choice!
A healthy stuffed pepper recipe? You got me there! I’ve
always used mozzarella cheese and bacons for my peppers haha!
That sounds delicious too! I’m sure there are a ton of variations…I always prefer the healthy ones though! lol!
This looks like a great recipe. I will have to make this for us this week for dinner.
This is a great appetizer! It’s the healthy version of cheese
and meat stuffed peppers!
I’ve never actually served this as an appetizer…only as a main! Thanks for the idea 😉
I am not a huge fan of bell peppers. But man the quinoa looks delicious!
You could always just prepare this…minus the peppers!
Quinoa and baked peppers sound like a great match. I’ll need to try this soon since we’re big fans of stuffed peppers!
I can’t wait to make this recipe in the summer when I can pick some fresh heirloom tomatoes from my in-laws garden. I’ve never made stuffed tomatoes but I’m sure they will be delicious!
Confession- I’ve never tried quinoa but this recipe makes me really want to!! It looks delicious!!
Really? You’re missing out, lol! You should check out the other quinoa recipes on the Blog…there are quite a few!
My oh my, that surely looks delicious! I haven’t tried cooking with quinoa yet but am would definitely try your recipe.
Thank you! It’s just as easy as making rice…
I am not really into peppers but I am so curious as to how this tastes! I have to bookmark this one.
You could substitute the peppers with heirloom tomatoes…although I would probably omit the diced tomatoes in the quinoa mixture.
This looks so good! I love stuffed peppers, and I love quinoa, so this is perfect for me!
Great…I hope you try it!
What a great variation on stuffed peppers. I’ve never tried quinoa before, but I’ve heard it’s really good for you!
Yes, it is! It’s so easy to make and much more flavourful than rice…It has a nice nutty flavour to it.
What a great sidedish. I am the only one in the house that likes peppers, but I could easily eat 3 or 4 😉
Why not? Leftovers are always good!