Sausage and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Today, I modified an awesome recipe for stuffed peppers. While the recipe called for couscous, chickpeas, and feta cheese, I substituted quinoa and sausage. It was delicious, incredibly healthy, and totally in line with our paleo experiment.

Sausage and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

two red bell peppers
two yellow bell peppers
package of Mediterranean spiced quinoa
pound of ground hot Italian sausage

1. Cut the tops off the bell peppers and remove any and all seeds and white meat along the insides.
2. Place the peppers in a large pot of water and bring to a boil. Boil for 7 minutes or until tender. When done, drain and set the peppers aside.
3. Meanwhile, cook the quinoa according to the package directions (basically bring to a boil for about 15 minutes, then cover, cool, and fluff).
4. Also, meanwhile, brown the ground sausage in a skillet.
5. When everything is done cooking mix the quinoa and sausage together.
6. Fill peppers with sausage and quinoa mix.
7. Enjoy!

I really enjoyed the healthy mix of tastes, but my husband added sriacha sauce to give it a little more kick. If you like, you can add hot pepper flakes to the quinoa and sausage mix to give your meal a little more heat or add hot sauce as needed while eating.