Prep Time: 10-15 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 30-35 minutes

This Greek inspired recipe will be a colourful hit!! Quick, healthy, & super flavourful. It doesn’t take long in the oven, but if making this in the summer, grilling the peppers would be even faster! Bell peppers are very high in vitamin C,  antioxidants, and also contain some vitamin E,  K, A, folate, and potassium 🌶

Ingredients:

• 3 bell peppers, (red, yellow, or orange) halved
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup orzo or quinoa (gluten free option)
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• ½ cup kalamata olives (pitted)
• ½ cup goat feta cheese (crumbled)
• 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
• 3 sprigs fresh oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

🍅 Lemon Mint Tomato Sauce 🍋

• 1 cup fresh mint chopped
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Zest from one lemon
• Salt to taste

Directions:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F
• In a baking dish toss the peppers with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper.  Add the oregano. Place in the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes or until you can see the peppers are starting to char.
• While peppers are roasting, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the orzo (or quinoa) according to package directions. Drain and toss with the balsamic vinegar, kalamata olives, toasted pine nuts and goat feta.
• In a small bowl, make the lemon mint tomato sauce by combining all ingredients.
• Stuff the warm orzo (or quinoa) inside the peppers.  Drizzle with the lemon mint tomato sauce. Enjoy!

Optional Ingredients:

Fresh basil is another tasty option instead of mint. Quinoa, brown rice, couscous could all be used instead of orzo.

Recipe Notes:  

Have some fun with this recipe and let your creativity shine by adding your favourite fresh spices and ingredients. Would love to know what you did with it! Drop me a note on my website 😉 Happy stuffing!