Quinoa, Apple and Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers

Name: Quinoa, Apple and Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers | Taylor Farms
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Taylor Farms Spiced Apple Chopped Salad Kit; Taylor Farms Maple Dijon Crunch Chopped Salad Kit; Taylor Farms Pumpkin Spice Chopped Salad Kit; 3 Orange Bell Peppers; 1 cup cooked quinoa; 1 lb ground chicken; 2 cups chicken broth; Salt to taste; Pepper to taste; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Who doesn’t love stuffed peppers? This simple dish typically involves a green pepper stuffed with seasoned ground beef, rice, tomato sauce, and a few other choice items. Why not change things up a bit with a fall twist? In this case, that means stuffing some orange peppers with a mixture of chicken, quinoa, and the contents of our delicious Spiced Apple Chopped Salad Kit featuring cabbage, romaine, shredded broccoli, green onion, crunchy honey roasted mini chips, cinnamon puffed apples, smoked gouda cheese, and our vibrant Apple Cider Vinaigrette. If that sounds like a ton of flavor, that’s because it most certainly is.

And if you really want to get into the fall spirit, you can turn your orange peppers into cute little jack-o-lanterns—but don’t expect to have enough room to fit a candle inside.

Ingredients

Your choice of 1 Fall Chopped Salad Kit Flavor
Taylor Farms Spiced Apple Chopped Salad Kit
Taylor Farms Maple Dijon Crunch Chopped Salad Kit
Taylor Farms Pumpkin Spice Chopped Salad Kit
3 Orange Bell Peppers
1 cup cooked quinoa
1 lb ground chicken
2 cups chicken broth
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

Cook the quinoa in chicken broth as instructed on the label. Set aside.
While the quinoa is cooking, brown the ground chicken in a skillet with olive oil until fully cooked through. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Assemble the Spiced Apple Chopped Salad Kit, including toppings and dressing.
Once the quinoa and ground chicken has cooled slightly, add salad mix, ground chicken, and quinoa in a bowl and mix.
Cut off the top of the bell peppers and clean out the pepper seeds. (If creating jack-o-lanterns, use a sharp paring knife to carve your jack-o-lantern’s face in the peppers). Spoon the chicken and salad mixture into the peppers. Enjoy!

Healthy Halloween Night Dinner

If you’re tired of the jack-o-lantern pepperoni pizza or the hot dogs wrapped in dough to look like mummies, this is a much healthier alternative for Halloween night dinner. These little peppers are festive, nutrient-rich, and a little more grown-up than some other themed dinners.

So before the kids rush around excitedly in their costumes and someone pours bags of candy into a massive bowl (while obviously stealing one), you gotta eat. Combat the pound of candy your kids will surely eat on Halloween night with a well-balanced meal like this one, and happy trick or treating!

More About Our Good Friend Quinoa

Quinoa looks, tastes, and feels like a grain, but it’s actually seeds from the husk of a plant. In terms of nutrition (which is why we’re all here), it’s technically classified as a whole grain and is rich in good things like fiber, protein, folate, and iron. In fact, quinoa is so healthy that NASA is currently researching how to grow it in controlled conditions outside of earth so it can be used as food on long-duration space flights and missions.

Quinoa was first served to livestock in Peru and Bolivia, but is now used in recipes of all kinds as an alternative protein source that happens to lend a hearty, chewy element to foods.

Before cooking, be sure to rinse the quinoa in a strainer to remove the bitterness on the outside. The ratio of water to seeds is easy to remember: two parts liquid to one part quinoa.