{"id":216678,"date":"2022-02-22T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puregym.swiss\/?p=216678"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:16:07","slug":"mexican-turkey-stuffed-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/blog\/mexican-turkey-stuffed-peppers","title":{"rendered":"Mexican turkey stuffed Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering what to add to your meal plan this week? This Mexican Turkey Stuffed Peppers recipe has you covered!<br \/>\nIt\u2019s got all your favourite Mexican flavours in a pepper boat of veggie goodness for only 468 kcals and with a whopping 35g protein per portion. Perfect for a post workout meal to help with recovery and fuel for your next workout.<br \/>\nCut into our Mexican Turkey Stuffed Peppers and you\u2019ll experience the sweet tang of the peppers combined with the juicy turkey mince, Mexican spiced rice, and melted cheese. Full of flavour and still packed full of goodness.<br \/>\nThis recipe makes one portion, but it\u2019s great for work lunches or quick dinners on the go \u2013 so why not scale up the recipe to make a batch for later in the week. You can even freeze our stuffed peppers for added convenience!<br \/>\nThe best bit? You can also adapt our Mexican Turkey Stuffed Peppers to be vegetarian if you like by switching out the turkey mince for tofu, lentils, or a meat alternative. Plus, you can throw any left-over veg in from your fridge into the mixture, so they are great to help reduce food waste and increase your veggie intake.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>80g turkey mince<\/li>\n<li>125g cooked Mexican rice<\/li>\n<li>30g light cheddar cheese, grated<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tbsp tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd red onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 tomato, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 garlic clove, crushed<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd lime, juiced<\/li>\n<li>2 large red peppers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method:<\/h3>\n<p>Preheat oven to 200c.<br \/>\nCut the tops off the peppers and deseed them.<br \/>\nPlace the peppers onto a baking tray and cover with a few sprays of low-calorie oil spray.<br \/>\nNext, heat a frying pan with a few sprays of low-calorie oil spray, add the turkey mince and fry for 4 \u2013 5 minutes.<br \/>\nAdd the diced red onion and crushed garlic, frying for a further 2 minutes.<br \/>\nAdd the tomato paste, diced tomato, lime juice and rice with a splash of water and simmer for 3 minutes mixing all the ingredients together well.<br \/>\nStuff the peppers with the turkey mince mixture and top with the grated cheese.<br \/>\nPlace into the oven for 30 minutes, the peppers should soften and be cooked through.<br \/>\nWe recommend serving with streamed green veg of your choice or pairing with a mixed salad.<\/p>\n<p>We know you all love the convenience of our one pan meals\u2026 so, if our\u00a0one pan chicken and veggie bake\u00a0is up there on your list of favourites, you\u2019ll love how simple and easy our Mexican stuffed peppers are too.<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puregym.com\/blog\/one-pan-chicken-and-veggie-bake\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for more\u00a0easy, budget-friendly recipes\u00a0that are healthy and wholesome without compromising flavour.<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p>PureGym wishes you a lot of fun cooking and a good appetite!<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p>For more healthy recipe ideas, check out the\u00a0recipe section of our <a href=\"\/news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> which is packed full of \u00a0nutritious and most importantly tasty meals to help you reach your goals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Mexican Turkey Stuffed Peppers recipe has you covered!It\u2019s got all your favourite Mexican flavours in a pepper boat of veggie goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":216770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-archive-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puregym.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}