Easy Recipes · Meal Prep
High-Protein Unstuffed Pepper Bowls
All the flavor of stuffed peppers, cooked together in one pan. Each bowl has 34 grams of protein for under 400 calories.
Why you'll love it
You get stuffed pepper flavor without hollowing out a single pepper. Everything cooks together in one pan, so cleanup is quick.
Lean beef brings 34 grams of protein to each bowl. The cheese goes on after portioning, so every container gets its fair share.
Ingredients
- 1 lb93% lean ground beef
- 3bell peppers, chopped
- 1 smallwhite onion, diced
- 1 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tsponion powder
- 1 tsppaprika
- 14.5 oz candiced tomatoes
- 8 oz cantomato sauce
- 1 cupcooked rice
- 1 cupshredded Colby Jack cheese, for topping
- To tastesalt and pepper
Instructions
- Brown the beef and veggies.Cook the ground beef with the onion and bell peppers until the beef is browned.
- Add everything else.Stir in the garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, cooked rice, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer.Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
- Portion.Divide evenly into 4 meal prep containers.
- Top with cheese.Sprinkle the shredded cheese over each container and enjoy.
Storage and reheating
Fridge: Let cool, then seal and refrigerate up to 4 days.
Reheat: Microwave 1½ to 2 minutes with the lid cracked, until hot and the cheese is melted.
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