Pizza Stuffed Peppers
The viral cottage cheese pizza bowls stuffed into a pepper- this are high in protein and great for meal prep!
Creator: Leslie Stokes
Who knew that an (almost) meatless meal prep could be so tasty!
When I first saw the viral cottage cheese pizza bowls, I have to admit, I was a little skeptical. But I have made so many cottage cheese recipes in the past and all of them have been AMAZING- I knew this would would be too!
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese- blended until smooth
- pasta sauce- I use Mezzetta
- mozzarella cheese
- toppings of choice- I did mushrooms, onions and olives
- bell peppers- totally optional to stuff them, but it’s a great way to get in lots of extra veggies in this meal!
- pepperoni
Even if you hate cottage cheese, you will LOVE this recipe!
So many people don’t like cottage cheese because of the texture, but I promise, once it’s blended it just taste like a really creamy light cream cheese- almost like a yogurt texture without the sourness of yogurt. That’s the best way I know how to describe it anyways!
I love using an emersion blender to blend the cottage cheese- it makes for east clean up and I actually just blend it right in the container. I’ll use any leftover for other recipes throughout the week!
Why do you roast the peppers without
stuffing them first?
The peppers need to be roasted first because the do get watery. If you roast them with the cottage cheese mixture in them, it will give the mixture a funny texture and completely ruin the recipe.
Once roasted, I drain all of the liquid out of the pepper and then stuff it with the mixture and toppings, The cottage cheese mixture does not need to be cooked- heating it up when ready to eat is enough!
If you want to completely skip the peppers and add extra veggies into the bowl, you can. Just add the mixture into a container and add whatever cooked veggies/meats you want to the rop (just like the viral recipe).
Tips for this Meal Prep
I made this recipe with the Crunchy Chili Oil Crusted Sweet Potato + Brussels Sprout + Chicken Sausage meal. I was able to cook both of these meals in about an hour- here’s how I did it, step by step!
- I started by chopping the brussels sprouts + sweet poatoes and got those into the oven to roast.
- In the meantime, I chopped the veggies for the peppers, sliced the peppers in half and chopped the chicken sausage.
- I added the veggies into a pan to cook down for just a bit.
- After 20 minutes, I added the chicken sausage onto the pan and continued to cook for another 10 minutes.
- After getting that back into the oven, I blended the cottage cheese and proceeded to stuff the peppers.
- I took the sheet pan out of the oven to cool down while I put away the peppers.
- Once cool- I put away the brussels sprouts and sweet potato meal.
I hope this meal prep helps you! Don’t forget to follow along on social meadia for more Meal Prep + healthy recipes!
Pizza Stuffed Peppers
Equipment
- emersion blender or food processor
Ingredients
- 2½ cups cottage cheese
- ¾ cup pasta sauce
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- 4 bell peppers cut in half and seeds removed
- 1 cup mushrooms chopped
- ½ cup onions diced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup black olives
- 2 oz pepperoni about 3 per half of a pepper
Let's Make It
- Start by preheating your oven to 425°
- slice the bell peppers in half and pull out all of the seeds- lay flat on a baking tray and bake at 425 for about 10 minutes or until browned and crispy! Once the peppers are cool enough discard any liquid in the middle of the pepper before stuffing!
- In a food processor or emersion blender- blend the cottage cheese until smooth.
- Add the pasta sauce to the cottage cheese and stir.
- Cook up the mushrooms and onions in a pan with just a little olive oil for about 3-4 minutes or until the soften just a bit and start to brown.
- Stuff the peppers with the cottage cheese mixture and then top with mozzarella cheese, the pepperoni and veggies.
- Place two pepper halves in each cotnainer.
- Store in the fridge for up to 4 days!
- Reheat for 2 minutes in the microwave.
Nutrition Facts
Meal Prep in 1 Hour
You can use any two of the meals in this series to get your meal prep done in just about and hour, give or take!
Having your breakfast and lunch ready for the week helps you stay on track with your nutriton, saves you time and money! I truly beleive that meal prep does not need to be over complicated, take too much time or be boring!
I always get asked- “do you ever get tired of eating the same thing all week?” and the answer is, no! Not when the food taste good! I give plenty of variety in these preps and keep it simple!
As always, thanks for being here and remember, don’t over complicate the process! Take a deep breath, you got this!
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