Stuffed Peppers Recipe
Cheesy stuffed peppers are really easy to make, a tasty side dish that goes perfectly with chicken.
You can also serve them on their own for lunch, kids and adults alike will love them!
*Post updated January 2023
Find out how good spinach is for you, plus how to 'hide' it in my cheese, tomato and spinach stuffed bell peppers.
I can't say I'm a massive fan of spinach but recently I've taken to adding it into things like cottage pie and mashed potato or in a pasta sauce. So now spinach is my thing. 😋
We eat more peppers in this house than you can shake a stick at!
So with roasted stuffed peppers already on my mind for dinner, I had a thought and decided to tuck spinach in among the tomatoes along with the not so good for us, cheese.
I served these with pan-fried chicken which I'd coated with smoked paprika giving it a lovely colour and slightly smoky taste.
Is spinach good for you?
Spinach is available all year round but is in season during the spring (March - June) and as I say it's well known for its nutritional qualities.
Spinach has always been regarded as a plant with amazing abilities to give us energy, increase vitality and even improve the quality of the blood.
Spinach is also an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C and folic acid as well as a good source of manganese, magnesium, iron and vitamin B2.
Vitamin K is important for maintaining bone health and it is difficult to find vegetables richer in vitamin K than spinach.
So there we have it, spinach is the way to go. 😉 Plus I'm thinking the spinach will counteract all the fattening cheese right?!
Which cheese to use for stuffed peppers?
- Cheddar
- Mozerella
- Ricotta
- Ricotta and Feta in equal measures and mashed together
- Gruyère cheese
- Goat cheese
How about trying this today?
Really easy to make and only take about 30 to 35 minutes to become deliciously soft and ready to serve.
Ingredients
- Olive oil - to drizzle
- Bell peppers - sliced in half, seeds removed but leaving the stalk on
- Cheese - grated; I used a mixture of cheddar and mozzarella but you can use your favourite cheese
- Baby cherry tomatoes - I used a mixture of yellow and red tomatoes
- Spinach - washed and dried well, with either kitchen paper or better still, in a salad spinner
If you like this you might like my Rice Stuffed Peppers Recipe.
Or, these Easy Stuffed Bolognese Peppers.
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Cheese Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- Olive oil - to drizzle
- Bell peppers - sliced in half, seeds removed but leaving the stalk on
- Cheese - grated; I used a mixture of cheddar and mozzarella but you can use your favourite cheese
- Baby cherry tomatoes - I used a mixture of yellow and red tomatoes
- Spinach - washed and dried well, with either kitchen paper or in a salad spinner
Instructions
- Don't stuff the peppers straight away as they will need about 20 minutes to cook first.
- Put the (not yet stuffed) pepper halves in an ovenproof dish cut side down.
- Drizzle with just enough olive oil to coat each pepper; it's best to use your hands for this.
- Cook on the middle shelf for about 15 minutes then turn them over and pop them back in for another 5 minutes.
- By now they should have started to soften and colour a little bit.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Now you can stuff your peppers with whatever takes your fancy and top with a generous amount of cheese. *If you're adding spinach you will need to bury the spinach underneath the cheese otherwise it will burn.
- Back into the oven for a further 15-20 minutes until they are nicely coloured on top and are piping hot.
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