Thursday, September 8, 2011

Couscous stuffed peppers

Another new recipe to share. This one from my own head after reading a few others for some inspiration. Full disclosure, its still in the oven now, so I haven't tested it yet, but I will update with that later.

 Ingredients

    * Sweet peppers (bell), 2 medium
      * Italian Sausage, pork, 1 link, 4/lb
    * Couscous, 1 cup, cooked
    * Feta Cheese, .25 cup, crumbled
    * Pepperjack Cheese (pre-sliced), 1.5 slices
    * Emeril Essence to taste
    * Ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Remove sausage meat from casing and brown in skillet. Cook couscous per package instructions, to yield about 1 cup. Cut the top off of the bell peppers and remove seeds and pith. Once sausage and couscous are cooked mix together with the crumbled feta. season with a little essence and pepper as desired (or whatever other seasoning floats your boat). Stuff filling into each pepper. Crumble the pre-sliced pepperjack over the top of the peppers. Bake at 350* for about 35 minutes, for cheese to melt and peppers to get soft.

Serving Size: 2 peppers, one per person

Number of Servings: 2

I uploaded the recipe to Sparkpeople, for nutritional calculation and here are those results:
  • Calories: 395.0
  • Total Fat: 24.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 67.9 mg
  • Sodium: 786.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 27.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
  • Protein: 16.3 g

1 comment:

  1. Well it tasted great! The only adjustment for next time is to nix the cheese on top. I was hoping it would melt into the mix, but it just got toasted sitting on top.

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