Meal Prep Unstuffed Pepper Bowls
These meal prep unstuffed pepper bowls bring stuffed-pepper flavor to a quick skillet meal with beef, vegetables, rice, and cheese.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice plus cooking liquid
- 1 pound 85% lean ground beef or ground turkey
- 1 teaspoon each fine sea salt and fresh ground black pepper divided to taste
- 2 green bell peppers finely diced
- 1 red bell pepper finely diced
- 1/2 medium onion finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small zucchini quartered and sliced
- 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce about 3/4 cup
- 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes extra liquid drained
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce none
- 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella or pepper jack cheese none
Instructions
Instructions
- Prepare the rice according to package directions in water or broth.
- Cook the ground beef with salt and pepper in a large deep skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, breaking it into small pieces until just cooked through.
- Add the green and red peppers and onion; cook 3 to 4 minutes until beginning to soften. Add garlic and zucchini and cook 2 minutes more.
- Add tomato sauce, drained diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, and additional salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer 3 to 4 minutes.
- For immediate serving, add cheese and cover 90 seconds to melt. For meal prep, portion rice and the pepper mixture into four or five containers and top with cheese.