Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers loaded with savory ground turkey, wholesome spinach, and sweet pine nuts. This recipe is easy to make and perfect to take on-the-go!
Happy Monday, friends! How was your weekend?? Cody and I had spent ours mostly working on house stuff. We also happened to find a little bit of time to have a much needed date night that (joyfully) involved delicious, unhealthy, carb-loaded pasta! It seems like every Monday I’m on here telling you about how I ate all the eats over the weekend and am now back to detoxing and blah blah blah…but….real life, y’all. 😉
So here we are! Back to the Jar Of Lemons way of eating. And thank goodness, because these Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers are heavenly!
These Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers are great to take on-the-go!
If you follow my Insta stories, you may have seen that the day I made these we had several appointments with contractors at the new house and were going to have ZERO time for dinner. I ended up making these in advance, refrigerating them, and then taking them over to the house to devour while the contractors did their measurements and made their plans. I did freak out when I couldn’t figure out how to use our new gas oven (I’ve always had electric!) to heat them up, but other than that these Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers turned out to be a GREAT dinner on-the-go!
Here’s what you’ll need to make these Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers:
Sweet peppers, of course! The only other things you’ll need are ground turkey, spinach, pine nuts, spices (listed below), and a casserole dish. They’re SO easy to make, y’all!
Make these Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers in 30 minutes!
Spicy Southwest Whole30 Stuffed Peppers
Whole30, Paleo, Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground turkey
- 1 cup spinach
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1/4 tsp cayenne
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 5 whole peppers
- 1 Tbsp crushed pine nuts
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Cook the ground turkey.
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While the ground turkey is cooking, cut the peppers in halves and clean out the middle of each one.
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Set one pepper aside and finely chop.
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When the turkey is almost finished cooking, add in the spinach and finely chopped pepper.
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Add in the ground pepper, cayenne, paprika, chili powder, garlic, and cumin.
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Stuff each pepper half with the turkey mixture and top with pine nuts.
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Bake for 20 minutes (or until peppers are nearly soft).
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Serve hot and enjoy!
Looking for more Whole30 and Paleo recipes? Try out these Paleo Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Meal Prep Bowls and this Easy Whole30 Breakfast Casserole!
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I can not seem to find how many peppers this needs
These look amazing! I’ll be doing round 2 of whole30 next month. Unfortunately the pine nuts aren’t whole30 compliant, so we have to leave those out.
Thanks, Bailey! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
These look so colorful and perfect for a summer brunch. I love the combination of turkey with veggies for stuffing and I can literally taste this – Yumm !!!
Thank you! Haha, enjoy!
I love using ground turkey in stuffed peppers! I will have to try this recipe out!
Me too! Enjoy, Sarah!
I love peppers and stuffing them just makes them a whole lot yummy. I love that you used Turkey too.. Sounds so yum.
Thank you, Veena!
Looks like a delicious and easy dinner! Love the colorful peppers, so fresh!
Thanks, Jodi! 🙂
easy comforting dish, love serving stuffed peppers I need to make them soon =)
Enjoy, Adriana! 🙂
I love making stuffed peppers with fresh ingredients every chance I get! Even better that it’s a whole30 recipe to get me through the summer, haha!
Love it, Jessica!
I love stuffed peppers! My husband usually eats half the pan when I make a batch, so I usually double up the recipe in order to have left overs! Love this healthy combination of flavors!
So perfect, Noel! Thank you!
I have peppers in the fridge that would be perfect for this! They were earmarked for fajitas, but not anymore!! LOL!
So perfect! Haha!!