Jack-o-Lantern Stuffed Peppers are the perfect pre trick-or-treating dinner because they capture the fun of Halloween but still offer a ton of health benefits.
Jack-o-Lantern Stuffed Peppers [Vegan]
Serves
4
Cooking Time
60
Ingredients
- 1 cup millet
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 1Â onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 orange peppers, tops cut off
- 1 cup pasta sauce
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped
- ½ Tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1 cup spinach, chopped
Preparation
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
- In a large, dry pot, toast the raw millet over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until it turns a rich golden brown. Add the vegetable stock, onions and garlic the pot and stir. Bring to a boil on high heat then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow it to sit, covered and for 10 minutes.
- While the millet is cooking, place the cut peppers in a steamer basket and steam for 10 minutes until slightly soft then pat dry.
- When the millet mixture is done resting, gently stir in the pasta sauce, nutritional yeast, spices, pine nuts and spinach.
- Spoon the stuffed peppers filling into the steamed peppers. Cook the stuffed peppers for 20 minutes in the oven uncovered.
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