Healthy Whole Food Unstuffed Pepper Skillet

Whole food, Whole30 family dinner recipes are ideal if you have little time on hand and are looking for healthy meal options. This unstuffed pepper meal is a one-skillet recipe generous on quantity and bold in flavors. You can have this delicious family dinner ready in under 30 minutes using a handful of ingredients.

What is an unstuffed pepper skillet?

This dish is basically deconstructed stuffed peppers in a skillet. The great thing about this dish is that you can get all the big flavors of stuffed peppers with significantly fewer carbs and faster preparation. One bell pepper contains around 5g of carbs, leaving you very little to play around with the filling. But this version uses a total of one pepper to serve 4 people. Also, stuffed peppers usually require blanching them first, adding more preparation time.

Can you use other types of meat in this Whole30 recipe?

You can use ground chicken, turkey, or pork. You can even try it with sausage if you prefer spice. If you’d like to keep it vegetarian, you can use finely chopped mushrooms or crumbled tofu.

Is this recipe meal-prep friendly?

This pepper and beef skillet is actually one of the best Whole30 recipes for meal prep because it’s easy and budget-friendly. The next time you cook this dish, double or triple the recipe, serve some of it for dinner and store the rest in air-tight containers. Keep the containers in the fridge for up to 3 days, and microwave one container when you’re ready to eat. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.

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