Black Bean Stuffed Peppers



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Prep Time:
20 mins

Cook Time:
35 mins

Total Time:
55 mins

Servings:
6


Ingredients

  • 1 ¼cupswater
  • 1(3 ounce) packagereduced-fat cream cheese, softened
  • 2cupscooked brown rice
  • 2cupschopped fresh spinach
  • 1(15 ounce) canno-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1(10 ounce) candiced tomatoes with green chile peppers
  • 2tablespoonsdried minced onion
  • 1teaspoonground cumin
  • 1teaspoondried oregano
  • 3largebell peppers
  • ½cupshredded Cheddar cheese

  • Directions

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour water into a 9×13-inch baking dish.

    Stir cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Fold brown rice, spinach, black beans, diced tomatoes with green chiles, minced onion, cumin, and oregano into cream cheese until evenly mixed.

    Halve bell peppers lengthwise. Remove and discard stems, seeds, and membranes.

    Fill each pepper half with about 3/4 cup rice mixture; arrange into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle cheese evenly over peppers.

    Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are tender, 35 to 45 minutes.



    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    230 Calories
    7g Fat
    33g Carbs
    11g Protein

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