When I see stuffed peppers usually, they’re typically filled with grains and rice. I realised recently it had been a while since id had stuffed peppers and wanted to try something new. This stuffed peppers recipe is essentially filled with a lentil ragu sauce. It’s rich and tomatoey with a full bodied flavour, but without the heaviness of the pasta. By all means, if you want to throw some pasta in there too, you do you, that sounds great, but this is more of a lighter recipe, possibly more of a lunch idea.
The lentil filling is made separately, so you could even make a larger batch of that as a meal prep option ready to serve with pasta or add to your peppers another day.
Iron Sources
This recipe is the final high iron Plant Sourced recipe this month, the main iron source in this recipe is the lentils, topped up by the fact there are several varieties of tomatoes in this recipe. Per serving, this recipe contains 7mg of iron, which is nearly the full amount for men over 18 and women over 50 (8.7mg) and nearly half of the RDA for women between 18 and 50 (14.7mg/ 48%).
The lentils in this recipe make up 3.12mg per serving, the rest is topped up by the vegetables.
Nutritional Information
This dish is so good for you in terms of vitamins and minerals. It’s incredibly rich in B vitamins, providing the full recommended daily amount of vitamins B1 and B6, and over 50% vitamins B2, B3 and B5. It also provides the full amount of your daily folate, vitamin C and vitamin A (with 87% RDA equivalent).
Each serving provides 20g of both protein and fibre.
Lentil Stuffed Peppers Recipe
An easy, very healthy stuffed peppers recipe. This recipe is filled with a lentil ragu style filling to provide iron and protein, as well as a range of vitamins and other recipes. The ragu is a great meal prep option that can be served with so many other ingredients too.
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free and vegan friendly.
Lentil Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 brown onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic roughly chopped
- 70 g Portobello mushrooms
- ½ cup green lentils
- 1 cups vegetable stock
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- 70 g sundried tomatoes
- 2 peppers
- 2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp dried basil
- Pinch of chilli flakes optional
Instructions
-
Preheat oven to 190°c and place your peppers, sliced in half lengthways, on a baking tray.
-
Heat a large saucepan on medium heat. Add the oil and wait for it to heat up. Once hot, add the chopped onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring regularly. Then add the garlic and cook for a further 2-3 minutes, continue to stir.
-
Stir in the herbs and chilli flakes and cook for one minute. Then add the mushrooms and tomato paste. Stir to evenly combine, then add the lentils, stock and chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 20-25 minutes until the lentils are almost fully cooked.
-
Stir in the chopped sundried tomatoes then transfer the mix into the sliced peppers. Place in the centre of the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Do you like the sound of this stuffed peppers recipe? How do you normally fill yours?
Until next time,
Sophie
P.S. this is my last recipe before Recipe A Day May and I’m very excited about it.
These sound so delicious and flavoursome, I love lentils as an ingredient! I wouldn’t have thought of filling peppers with lentils before, when I’ve made them in the past I used couscous. I want to try these!
This looks so delicious and easy to make. Two of my favorite combinations. I’ve never tried to make stuffed peppers and know I really want to.
Antonia || Sweet Passions
This is amazing. I’m going to have to find space in my meal plans for this!
Al x
That looks good. I usually make mine the good old fashion way with hamburger mean. But trying to not eat alot of meat anymore so I might try your recipe.
These would be great for a lunch, I feel like I need to eat more healthy when it comes to lunch time – I usually just eat something super quick and then get back to work. I haven’t had stuffed peppers in ages, I actually can’t remember what I last decided to put in stuffed peppers. Now i’ve read this though, I am craving it haha.
Chloe xx
http://www.chloechats.com
Amazing!
It’s midnight now and I am already hungry. Will try this recipe soon.it looks delicious
I love stuffed pepper recipes, I’ve never actually tried to make one myself but whenever I go out to eat and there’s a stuffed pepper on the menu I have to have it. Yours sound amazing, I need to try it! X
This is so creative, I suspected it would be an Italian type of cuisine and I was right. It looks really yummy and delicious . Thank you for sharing
I love the sound of this recipe Sophie! I love peppers! x
Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk
Yum! We’re actually having stuffed peppers for lunch today. Though, I will admit, we are eating the meat version. Would be fun to try out a vegan version in the future!
These look delicious and flavorful! I have been trying not to go out often, and lay in fresh vegetables when I do go out, so I want to make these when I next have peppers, but I love that I could just make the filling and mix it with other foods.
Oh my! This makes me drool! Would love to try this some other time too. Yummy!
Stay safe! 🙂
xoxo,
SHAIRA
Blog: http://www.missdream-girl.blogspot.com
it’s almost lunch time so I am drooling right now this looks so delicious! I cook with red pepper a lot, will be giving this a try. Thanks for sharing Sophie xx
I adore stuffed curried peppers and have never thought about trying them with lentils instead so will give this a go, thanks doll. I’m sending you so much love. Stay strong, stay home, stay safe.
With love, Alisha Valerie x | http://www.alishavalerie.com
These look awesome. Your photos are beautiful. I usually do beef in mine but I may have to try these!
I used to hate peppers but now I love them! And I have a whole bag of lentils just waiting for the recipe. Definitely gonna make! Thanks for sharing!
I love the sound of this recipe. I’ve only ever stuffed risotto with either spicy rice or risotto, but this sounds really delicious – I might need to give this a try!
Kate
This sounds like such a delicious recipe! Can’t wait to try it!
-Hillary
These stuffed peppers sound and look wonderful. Can’t remember the last time I stuff peppers and I’ve never done it with lentils, will give it a go. Thanks for sharing.
These look delicious! need to try them. I like putting halloumi in my peppers!
http://sophiaaaxo.co.uk
These look so yummy!
Hey
These look absolutely delicious, I’d never thought to stuff with lentils before. I look forward to see your recipes per day throughout May.
These look amazing!
Kathleen / http://www.madeinthe1990s.com
These look so good, I think I would prefer these over the grain filled ones too. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely going to try this!
Thank you so much! This is for my next Tuesday vegan day! I am sure my family will love it.
These sound delicious
Yum this looks absolutely delicious- need to give this a go!!
I love the taste of lentils and I’ve been meaning to make stuffed peppers for ages! I need to follow this recipe wow x
We’ve been saying for ages we need to try more veggie/vegan food, so this is defo something we’d love to try out
Jessica & James | http://www.foodandbaker.co.uk
That sounds and looksso yummy. Gonna make it our lunch tomorrow. I have everything I need.
This recipe looks so good! definitely gunna put this on my to try list
These sound lovely and it’s always nice to see a recipe with iron that isnt overloaded with spinach!
I love lentils and this reminds me of lentil soup combined with ratatouille. I will definitely be trying this out!
I’m always looking for new recipes and this looks fantastic!! Ive been going vegan all throughout April and I highly recommend it to everyone! I’ll have to try this soon!
This sounds delicious – I love little “packaged” meals like these peppers!
Oooh! I love that you try to incorporate lentils into different recipes. I need to learn how to make stuffed peppers! It is great that prep time is so little. You don’t need to do much for all of that deliciousness. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
This looks delicious, I love stuffed peppers but don’t really like faffing about with rice – talk about a perfect solution!!