Healthy Quinoa Stuffed Peppers With Spiced Beef and Tahini Dressing
Gretel Shaw
These quinoa stuffed peppers with spiced beef and tahini dressing are hands down delicious. It's a recipe you can do on a weekend when you have friends over.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Slice the tops of your peppers and remove seeds. Cut the rounded bottom of peppers so the peppers can stand up in the baking dish.
Add ½ cup of water to the bottom of the baking dish and bake peppers for 30 minutes.
Cook quinoa according to box directions.
Add olive oil and onions to the heated frying pan and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add ground beef, spices and smashed garlic. Cook beef thoroughly.
Add cooked quinoa to the beef and spices with 1 tablespoon of butter. Set aside
Remove peppers from the oven and fill with the stuffing.
Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, ½ teaspoon of 7 spices to 1 cup of warm water and add to the bottom of the baking dish.
Cover and bake peppers for 15 minutes.
To prepare the tahini dressing, mix all of the ingredients and drizzle on top of the peppers when finished and garnish with fresh cilantro.