Healthy Vegan Stuffed Peppers - Easy & Gluten-Free!

Easy, delicious and healthy to boot - these vegan stuffed peppers with rice make a fantastic weeknight dinner, picnic lunch idea, or meatless Monday meal.

This recipe looks impressive, which often translates to 'hard work' - but not this time! It'll only take you ten minutes of prep time and 20 mins in the oven to create these beautifully presented, and delicious vegan stuffed bell peppers!

Got a crowd coming for dinner? Whip these up and you'll have everyone talking. They don't have to know that they're incredibly easy (& cheap) to whip up!

Peppers make every salad look beautiful! They are in the shops all year round but they are coming into season now, so watch out for them when shopping at your local farmer's market.  Make sure you pick those with no wrinkles or cracks and avoid the heavy ones.

For these healthy stuffed bell peppers, I used my turmeric rice recipe to make it even tastier, but you can use plain brown rice too and just follow the instructions below.

Turmeric is such a powerful and nutritious spice, include it in your diet whenever you can!

Benefits of Healthy Stuffed Peppers

Did you know that peppers are technically a fruit? Well, so goes the botanic explanation anyway. Needless to say, when using them in recipes, they're more likely to be used as a vegetable.

In any case, peppers are a good source of vitamins A, C, and K, but the red ones contain the most vitamin C and antioxidants. That's because they've been left to ripen the longest. The yellow peppers are next best, and the green peppers are the lowest - they're basically served 'unripened'.

Vegan Stuffed Peppers Ingredients

The great thing about this recipe is that there aren't any hard to find ingredients. The only thing you'll likely need to buy fresh is the peppers themselves! Here's what you'll need:

• Bell Peppers - Tops cut off & seeds removed
• Brown Rice - Rinsed and drained
• Vegetable Stock - Or you can just use water for low sodium stuffed peppers
• Kidney Beans - Drained and rinsed
• Sweetcorn - Either fresh or canned will work
• Coconut Oil - For Frying
• Turmeric Powder
• Cumin Powder
• Chili Powder
• Garlic Powder
• Salt & Pepper
• Fresh chopped parsley (optional)

How to Make this Vegan Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 190°C / 375°F and grease you baking sheet with a touch of coconut oil.
2. Cook the rice in vegetable stock according to the instructions on the packet.
3. Once the rice has been cooked, place it in a deep pan along with a little coconut oil, the spices, beans and sweetcorn.
4. Fry for a few minutes, taste and adjust the seasoning. Add fresh parsley.
5. Next stuff the peppers with the rice mixture right till the top.
6. Place in the oven and bake for 15 -20 minutes until the peppers are soft to touch.
7. Serve warm with an extra sprinkle of freshly cut parsley on top.

As always please, if you make this recipe share it with me either on my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I would love to see it! Hashtag #HediHearts