I'm so going to make these! Yum! Must give credit to onelovelylife.com though for the recipe!


Mexican Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa & Black Beans

Serves: 8 Ingredients

4 bell peppers (any color), sliced in half stem-to-tip, seeds removed

1c quinoa, uncooked

1/2 medium onion, diced

1 (15oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 roma tomato, seeded and diced

1 (4oz) can diced green chiles (don’t drain)

1/4c cilantro, minced

1/4tsp salt

1/4tsp pepper

olive oil, if desired

 Monterrey Jack, grated - use as a garnish

 cheddar cheese, grated

1 recipe red enchilada sauce (or 1 (28oz) can)

Instructions

Add quinoa and onion to a large saucepan with 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes, cover, turn off heat and let steam 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

In the meantime, microwave pepper halves 2-3 minutes to soften slightly. (Prepared this way, the peppers should come out crisp-tender. If you want them crisper, you can omit this step.)

Pour quinoa/onion mixture into a mixing bowl. Stir in black beans, tomato, green chiles and their juices, cilantro, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper. If the mixture seems to dry, drizzle in a bit of olive oil (I didn’t need any).

Pour enchilada sauce into a 9×13″ baking dish. Divide filling among peppers. Nestle stuffed peppers into the enchilada sauce. Sprinkle with cheeses.

Cover the pan with foil and bake at 375 degrees 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and cook about 5 minutes longer. Serve peppers drizzled with enchilada sauce.

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