An Easy Lasagna Inspired Meat and Cheese Stuffed Peppers Keto Recipe
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My easy lasagna-inspired meat and cheese stuffed peppers recipe is that keto recipe you will want to make on repeat! Great! But what to serve with stuffed peppers? Also, can you freeze stuffed peppers? Get this recipe and the answers to all your questions below!
My stuffed green peppers recipe with rice and veggies is one of my more popular recipes on this site, which got me thinking, stuffed peppers are just a fun way to serve up food our families love but with a twist.
Use the peppers as the vessel and fill it with your family’s favorite recipes.
Does your family love lasagna?
Well, then this meat and cheese stuffed peppers recipe will have to be on your weeknight menu rota!
- Ground Italian sausage or ground beef
- Colored bell peppers
- Ricotta
- Cottage cheese
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Low-carb or keto marinara sauce (or regular if you’re not particular about making this a keto-exclusive recipe.)
- Italian seasoning
You sure can! Switch it out with ground chicken, ground turkey, ground lamb or even meat substitute crumbles.
You can serve this lasagna-style recipe with garlic bread and a green salad or this delicious Fattoush.
You could also serve this as a side to this Spaghetti Squash, Broccoli Mac and Cheese, or Spinach and Garlic Spaghetti.
For lighter recommendations, consider this easy Roasted Cauliflower Florets recipe or my 10-minute Air Fryer Asparagus recipe.
Yes!
Freezing stuffed peppers is easy; I do not recommend freezing them before cooking them.
The key to freezing meat and cheese stuffed peppers after your meal is to ensure it cools down to room temperature before wrapping each pepper in plastic wrap
and then placing each stuffed pepper in a freezer-safe bag
.
If you would prefer to freeze the peppers in a tray or container, I would wrap each pepper in plastic wrap and then wrap the tray/container in the plastic wrap to avoid freezer burn.
Ready for the recipe?
Let’s go!
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Cut the peppers in half (lengthwise) and de-seed the halves.
3. If you like that crunchy raw pepper taste, skip this step! Place the pepper halves in a baking dish and bake for 12-15 minutes.
4. While the peppers bake, lightly season (with salt and pepper) and then saute the ground meat (Italian sausage, beef, chicken- your choice!) in a saute pan or skillet, on medium heat, till it is cooked through.
5. Mix in the marinara sauce (or make your own) with the meat and set aside.
6. Take a bowl and add the ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and egg.
Combine all these ingredients and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
7. By now your baked peppers will be ready (or raw, your choice).
Spoon in a layer of cheese mixture and, on top of this, a layer of the meat mixture into a pepper half.
Do this for all the pepper halves.
8. Once done, generously top the meat mixture with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
9. The meat and cheese stuffed peppers are ready to bake.
10. Pop the tray into the oven for 15-20 minutes or till the peppers are tender enough for your liking.
11. Serve as is or with the recommended sides above.
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An Easy Lasagna Inspired Meat and Cheese Stuffed Peppers Keto Recipe
Recipe details
- 3 servings
- Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 20 Minutes Total time: 35 min
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