I recently took to following a Paleo-style diet, which mainly involves cutting out as many processed and artificial foods as possible. I was quite surprised by the number of websites out there and the types of food one can actually eat! One recipe caught my eye - stuffed peppers! I have always wanted to make these but never really saw the opportunity. Now, I hate mushrooms (even though my whole life currently revolves around fungi...) so I adapted the recipe to my taste.
Ingredients:
- Small red and yellow salad peppers
- 1 head of cauliflower to make 4 peppers
- Bacon bits
- Pine nuts (about 2T)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1T coconut oil
Directions:
- Start by cutting off the tops of the peppers and removing the seeds and membrane. Place them in a colander over a pot of boiling water in order to steam the peppers until they are tender.
- Mince the garlic and set aside in a bowl.
- Fry the bacon bits in the coconut oil until crispy. Add the bacon bits to the minced garlic.
- Fry the pine nuts in the same pan as the bacon bits until golden in colour. Be careful as they burn rather quickly.
- Grate the cauliflower using a box grater or pulse in a food processor.
- Add the cauliflower to the pine nuts and add the bacon bits/garlic mixture. Turn off the heat and allow the cauliflower to cook through, stirring constantly.
- Remove the peppers and stuff the peppers with the cauliflower mixture.
- Place in an oven proof dish and bake at 180C for 30 minutes.
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