Weight Watchers Stuffed Peppers Food

WEIGHT WATCHERS CHICKEN AND RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• MELT margarine or butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add celery and cook about 5 minutes or till tender.
• STIR in condensed mushroom soup, water or broth, and onion soup mix. Heat till bubbly.
• Stir in chicken; heat through.
• Stir in rice; remove from heat.
• TO ASSEMBLE, halve peppers length-wise; remove stems, seeds, and membranes.
• Place pepper halves, cut sides up, in a large shallow baking or roasting pan.
• Divide chicken mixture among the pepper halves.
• Sprinkle with lemon-pepper seasoning.
• Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
• TO SERVE, bake peppers, loosely covered with foil, in a 350º oven about 55 minutes or till heated through.
• Top with cheese and pimiento.
• Bake, uncovered, about 5 minutes more or till cheese is just melted.
• *NOTE: Substitute low-fat cheddar cheese for cheddar cheese and cut to 5 POINTS.}.

WW HEARTY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to package directions, omitting the butter or vegetable oil. Cool 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, with a sharp knife, slice off the top of each bell pepper and remove the seeds. Set aside. Remove and discard stems and chop remaining pepper tops.
• Combine the cooked rice, the ground beef, onion, chopped pepper, garlic, 1/4 cup of the vegetable juice, the Parmesan, and spices in a medium bowl. Spoon the rice mixture, dividing it evenly, into the bell peppers.
• Place the bell peppers in a deep 3-quart sauce pan; pour the remaining 1 1/4 cups vegetable juice around the bell peppers.
• Set pan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to simmer and cover.
• Simmer until peppers are tender and beef is cooked through, 20 - 30 minutes.
• Place each bell pepper in a serving bowl and serve with the sauce.