Picture a mouthwatering lasagna layered with ricotta cheese, spinach, beef and plenty of cheese. Now picture that lasagna made in half of a fresh bell pepper instead of with traditional lasagna noodles. That’s this recipe! I was so excited to make these lasagna stuffed peppers for dinner for my family. We’re always trying to skip pasta and eat semi-low carb, and this recipe fits the bill perfectly!
This Lasagna Stuffed Peppers recipe comes from The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen cookbook, written by my friend Carolyn Ketchum. Carolyn writes the low carb, gluten-free food blog, All Day I Dream About Food. I am constantly recommending her website to readers who are looking for more diabetic-friendly recipes or gluten free and low carb. She’s quite an expert in this field when it comes to creating recipes. I’m not following a Keto diet and no one in my family is either. But we do tend to like a lot of Keto recipes since they are low carb. Carolyn includes a lot more information about The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen cookbook on her blog. From this book, I’m excited to try Coconut Flour Pancakes, Apple Cider Donut Bites, Everything Bagel Crackers, Thai Chicken Zoodle Soup, Fried Goat Cheese Salad, Garlic Butter Steak Tips, Spicy Tuna Stuffed Avocados, Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti Squash, Coconut Oil Brownies and Banana Pudding Pops.
How do you make Lasagna Stuffed Peppers?
It’s just like making lasagna, really. Brown the beef and combine with ricotta and cheese and all of the classic filling ingredients for lasagna. Fill halved and hollowed out bell peppers with the lasagna mixture, sprinkle with cheese and top with a simple mix of tomato paste combined with water. Fresh basil on top finishes it off.
Bake about 30 minutes, until the cheese is browned and melted and bubbly. The peppers will be tender. One serving amounts to a half pepper stuffed with lasagna stuff. It’s surprisingly very filling. We like to eat these Lasagna Stuffed Peppers with a side green salad, and then we eat the leftovers for lunch the next couple of days.
If you’re looking for more “no pasta” dinner recipes, you might also enjoy my Parmesan Crusted Chicken or this Salsa Roasted Salmon. Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Red Onion Jam and Slow Cooker Steak Fajitas are great low carb dinner choices too!
