my p90x nutrition plan

So Danielle totally read my mind. I have been thinking for some time that a stuffed bell pepper recipe was missing from this site, but I have been too lazy to get off my butt and come up with one! Boy am I glad for my laziness now, because Danielle did the work for me, and with beautiful results. Once again, my desire to avoid effort pays off for me big-time! lol.

If you serve this for your guests, they will be wowed. I’ve noticed that any time you serve things in individual-sized servings, suddenly it seems a bit gourmet. Little will your guests know that this is such an easy and P90x-friendly recipe!

Ingredients: 1 red, green, or yellow bell pepper (approx. 4 oz.) 6 oz lean ground turkey (weighed raw) 1/4 cup cooked whole grain brown rice 1/2 cup canned tomatoes w/ chilies 1 Tablespoon taco seasoning dry mix [see CJ's P.S.] 1/4 cup low-sodium beef broth or water 1 1/2 oz. reduced-fat Mozzarella salt/pepper to taste

[Cook brown rice, if necessary. Police! j/k - CJ =)] Cut off top of bell pepper and de-seed it. Steam (or microwave) peppers until tender (3-5 minutes). In a skillet over medium heat, brown ground turkey and add canned tomatoes (you can throw in blender to smooth or leave chunky) and seasoning mix along with broth/water. Add cooked rice and stir. Continue to cook on medium heat until liquids have been absorbed by meat and rice mixture (2-3 minutes). Stuff peppers with meat and rice mixture and top with mozzarella. You can microwave these to melt the cheese or pop them into the toaster oven to brown up the cheese [or broil on High for 2-3 min! - CJ =)]. (YUMMM!)

Danielle’s P.S. These freeze and reheat extremely well for quick lunch or dinner meals.

OK, CJ’s back!

P90x Nutrition Plan Portions:

1 stuffed bell pepper is 2 protein servings, 1 1/2 vegi servings, 1/4 carb serving, 1 dairy serving.

P.S. If you don’t have any taco seasoning mix on hand, you can try the seasoning blend I came up with for my Pollo Relleno recipe.

P.P.S. I had to up the ground turkey in Danielle’s recipe a bit in order to make it provide a full 2 protein servings, but this might end up giving you too much meat mixture to fit into one pepper. If so, you might have to split between two peppers and then halve the portion information above.

P.P.P.S. Thanks again, Danielle. You rock for sending a recipe WITH A PHOTO! Not having to actually cook the recipe myself in order to photograph it is impossible for me to resist! lol.