Lasagna is a childhood favourite meal of mine with those layers of meat, noodles, tomato sauce and plenty of ooey, gooey melted cheese! Another fun way to enjoy all of the flavours of lasagna is stuffed into peppers! In this dish, bell peppers, green, yellow or red, are stuffed with lasagna ingredients including: beef, cottage cheese, marinara sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan before being topped with even more cheese, and baked! The final result is tender bell peppers filled with a tasty meat and tomato sauce all topped off with melted cheese! Yum! These lasagna stuffed peppers are so much easier to make than the original and bell peppers are lighter and healthier than noodles! Although I could not give up the original, I enjoy this super tasty alternative every once in a while!
Lasagna Stuffed Peppers
All of the flavours of lasagna stuffed into tender bell peppers! Light, healthy and tasty!
ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, ground
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup cottage cheese (or ricotta)
- 1 cup mozzarella, shredded
- 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan cheese), grated
- 1 teaspoon oregano (or Italian seasoning)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 3 large bell peppers, cut in half, seeds removed
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella, shredded
- 2 tablespoons basil, torn
directions
- Cook the beef and onion in a large pan over medium-high heat, breaking the beef apart as it cooks, before draining off any excess grease.
- Add the garlic, red pepper flakes, and fennel and cook until fragrant, about a minute, before removing from heat.
- Mix the beef and onions, with the marinara sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella parmesan, oregano, salt and pepper before stuffing it into the bell peppers.
- Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce over the bottom of a large baking pan, place the stuffed peppers in, and top with the remaining sauce before sprinkling on the mozzarella.
- Bake, covered in foil, in a preheated 400F/200C oven until the peppers are tender, about 30 minutes.
Lasagna
Lasagna Dip
Pastitsio (Greek Lasagna) with Greens
Lasagna Soup
Deep Dish Pizza
Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Lamb Stuffed Peppers (Greek Style)
Gemista (Greek Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers)
Italian Sausage Stuffed Pepper Soup
Sausage and Pepper Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
Lasagna Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
I’ve prepared a lot of your recipes and enjoyed every one of them but haven’t taken time to write reviews. These lasagna stuffed peppers were so wonderful that I had to take the time to let others know. Loved the cottage cheese and everything else in the stuffing mixture! Best of all I don’t feel guilty like I often do when I fix a traditional lasagna.
I usually look to you first to try new things and this hands down is one of the best! I will definitely make this for family and friends!