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LunchTurkey stuffed peppers- low carb
Low carb turkey stuffed bell peppers. Ground turkey, tomato, onion mixture topped with cheese
Jess PIngredients
- 3 Red bell peppers
- 1 lb Ground turkey
- 1 Can of rotel
- 1/2 Yellow onion
- 1 tbsp Minced garlic
- 1/4 cup Tomato sauce
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- 2 tbsp Fresh chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Cumin
- to taste Salt
- 1 cup Shredded cheese
- Olive oil
- to garnish Parsley (dried or fresh)
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- 2In a large skillet, drizzle olive oil, add chopped onion, minced garlic and saute for a few minutes.
- 3Add ground turkey, salt, garlic powder, and cumin and brown meat
- 4Once turkey is cooked, add tomato sauce, rotel and 1/4 cup chicken broth (save the rest) and reduce heat while stirring together. Simmer for 5 minutes
- 5Stir in chopped cilantro
- 6Slice bell peppers in half from top to bottom.
- 7Place peppers in a casserole dish and spoon in turkey mixture into each pepper half
- 8Pour the rest of the chicken broth to the bottom of the dish
- 9Cover with foil and bake for 35 min
- 10Remove from oven and top with shredded cheese (place back in oven uncovered for another minute or two to melt cheese)
- 11Remove from oven and Sprinkle a little dried or fresh parsley on top to garnish
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Open in Pepper →Low-Carb Meals That Actually Feel Like Meals
The problem with most low-carb dinner rotations is they feel like a side dish. These recipes are built as full plates — protein, vegetables, fat, sauce — that satisfy without a starch on the side.
The tricks the Pepper community keeps returning to: stuffed peppers instead of rice bowls, eggplant or zucchini in place of pasta, cauliflower-based casseroles, and enchiladas rolled in low-carb tortillas or lettuce.
Every recipe here is a main dish under ~20 g net carbs a serving, sourced from home cooks who eat this way — not from a diet book.
Quick Tips
- 1
Fat is the flavor budget
Low-carb means the sauce carries the meal. Don't skimp on butter, olive oil, cheese, or heavy cream.
- 2
Fiber matters more than net carbs
Non-starchy vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, greens, peppers) fill you up and keep the plate looking normal.
- 3
Read the sauce label
Store-bought marinara, BBQ, and teriyaki hide 8–20 g of sugar per serving. Sugar-free versions or homemade fix it.
- 4
Swap the wrap
Almond flour tortillas, low-carb wraps, and butter-lettuce leaves swap in for every burrito, enchilada, or fajita night.
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