Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Want another great stuffed pepper recipe? Make my Taco Stuffed Peppers. One of my very small points of pride as a mom is the fact that for the most part my kids will eat their vegetables. I grew up in a veggie eating household, and now I actually love vegetables and integrating them into my diet. It feels great knowing that my kids are headed down the same road after making them vegetables over and over. Though we eat vegetables every day, especially at dinner, it can be tricky at times to find recipes that naturally integrate them in. This is one of the reasons I love making my family stuffed peppers! And these ground turkey stuffed peppers are sure to be a hit in your house too!

An Easy Stuffed Pepper Recipe

These stuffed bell peppers with ground turkey aren’t my fastest dinner (you might want to try my Peanut Butter Stir Fry Noodles for that), but they are easy to make for sure. I use my homemade spaghetti sauce and my Italian seasoning recipe in this ground turkey stuffed pepper recipe, but you could also use store bought. Both add a great flavor to this recipe. Because I went the extra mile with some homemade ingredients, I took a few short cuts to make this recipe come together more quickly.

Tips to Make this Recipe Faster and Easier

There are a few things that really make this recipe easier.

How to Make Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers

The first thing to do is wash our bell peppers and then slice them in half. You don’t need to slice the stem perfectly, I just did that to make for pretty pictures. Additionally, I went with red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, but green bell peppers are often less expensive and work well in this recipe. After cutting out the seeds and ribbing of the bell peppers, we are going to put them in a large bowl, spritz them with a little oil, cover them and then microwave them. This will soften them, the primary thing that happens in the oven during most bell pepper recipes. By cooking them while we are making the filling, we cut down a lot on final end baking time. While the peppers cooking in the microwave, make your filling out of ground turkey, onions, spaghetti sauce, rice, and seasoning. Now the stuffed peppers with ground turkey and rice are ready to be stuffed and baked.

Can I Freeze these Stuffed Peppers?

Yes! When I make stuffed peppers this way, cut in half and with lots of filling, I like to tell people how to freeze them in case eight peppers is just too much for your family. If you look at my Taco Stuffed Peppers, I have a video that shows this method of freezing them individually.

Make these Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers Low Carb Friendly

If you are following a low carb diet like Keto or Paleo, you can make these ground turkey stuffed peppers low carb friendly a few different ways:

Cut out the rice completely, and only make this recipe with 3 full peppers (6 halves) instead of four peppers. Keep the rest of the ingredients the same.Make some cauliflower rice and use that in place of the instant rice listed in this recipe.Replace the rice with quinoa. Quinoa is not low carb, but it is a great source of fiber and protein! Take out the rice and add 1 1/2 cups quinoa. Make it easy with this Instant Pot Quinoa.