• Ingredients:
  • ½ cup dry quinoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 8oz package of sliced FunGuy white button mushrooms
  • 3 large bell peppers
  • ½ onion
  • 1 large tomato
  • 1 15oz can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
  • ¼ cup corn kernels
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon ground all spice
  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 lemon
  • shredded cheese (optional)
  • cilantro (optional)
  • sour cream (optional)

Are you quinoa on trying something new? How about trading in the beef or chicken for beans, quinoa, and FunGuy mushrooms to stuff into large sweet bell peppers!

This recipe is a great transitional dish to try for those new to a more plant based diet, and can be simply modified to a vegan version by removing just a couple of optional toppings.

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 375F. 
  2. Rinse the quinoa under cool water and drain any excess water. Transfer the quinoa to a medium-sized pot along with the water. Bring the pot to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and allow it to simmer about 10-15 minutes, or until the liquid has been absorbed. Turn off the heat and fluff the quinoa with a fork. 
  3. While the quinoa cooks, prepare the rest of the ingredients. 
  4. Place the FunGuy mushrooms into a bowl and set it aside. On a cutting board, cut the bell peppers in half from top to bottom, removing the seeds and stem. Lay the peppers in an oven safe dish, cut side up. Dice the onion and tomato and add them to the bowl with the mushrooms. Add the cooked quinoa, pinto beans, corn kernels, paprika, cumin, all spice, and salt. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze one half of the juice into the bowl. Stir to combine. Taste and adjust the salt and lemon to taste. 
  5. Spoon the mushroom mixture into each pepper half and top with the shredded cheese if desired. Bake the stuffed peppers in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the peppers have just started to blister.
  6. Remove the peppers from the oven and serve with cilantro and sour cream on top!

Have a Fun meal!