Cheesy Enchilada Stuffed Peppers Recipe

shredded cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

enchilada sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: canned tomato sauce

Homemade sauce can be lower in sodium and preservatives.

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Pinto beans are often less expensive than black beans.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt provides creaminess with fewer calories.

Cut the tops off the green peppers and hollow them out.

Place the hollowed peppers on a foil lined baking sheet.

In a skillet, cook ground beef over medium high heat, crumbling as it cooks.

Add onions to the beef and sauté until softened.

Stir in green chilies and enchilada sauce once the beef is almost cooked and onions are sautéed.

Fill each pepper with a generous helping of the beef mixture, followed by a scoop of cheese.

Top each pepper with more beef and cheese, packing them tightly.

Replace the tops of the peppers and space them out on the baking sheet.

Bake in the oven until the cheese is melted.

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