Ingredients Healthy Vegetable Recipes Healthy Pepper Recipes Healthy Stuffed Pepper Recipes 23 Cozy Stuffed Pepper Recipes You'll Want to Make for Dinner Tonight By Camryn Alexa Wimberly Camryn Alexa Wimberly Camryn Wimberly is EatingWell's Editorial Fellow. As a food and mental health blogger, Camryn explores how food and cooking can help improve mental health and also be an avenue to connect with one's culture and heritage. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Published on October 22, 2024 Close These fresh, tender peppers are stuffed with delicious ingredients, from cheesy spinach to spicy shrimp. These peppers make it easy to serve up individual portions of a tasty and healthy main course that everyone will love. Serve recipes like our Cauliflower Rice-Stuffed Peppers and Philly Cheesesteak-Stuffed Peppers with your favorite side salad for a flavorful dinner. 01 of 23 Air-Fryer Turkey Stuffed Peppers Stuffed peppers are a classic family meal—and they're fun to eat, too. Instead of roasting the sweet peppers in the oven, use an air fryer to get them crisp-tender but not soggy. View Recipe 02 of 23 Cauliflower Rice-Stuffed Peppers Swapping white rice for cauliflower "rice" makes for a lower-calorie, lower-carb alternative to traditional stuffed peppers. The riced cauliflower is hearty and won't turn to mush during baking. View Recipe 03 of 23 Breakfast Stuffed Peppers Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Priscilla Montiel Breakfast for dinner is always a good idea! These breakfast stuffed peppers are filled with eggs, hearty beans, kale and taco seasoning. If the pepper isn’t laying flat when you are about to fill it, shave off a small piece from the back side (but not all the way through) to help the filling stay in place. View Recipe 04 of 23 Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers Rachel Marek Mounding a classic Philly cheesesteak mixture in a colorful bell pepper and melting cheese on top is an easy way to skip the bread and cut the carbs. View Recipe 05 of 23 Stuffed Pepper Skillet Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist Tucker Vines This stuffed pepper skillet takes the ingredients in a classic stuffed pepper and spins them into a convenient skillet dinner. Earthy, sweet bell peppers take the spotlight, softening just enough while still retaining their delightful crunch. Ground beef packs in the protein and can easily be swapped out for ground turkey or crumbled tofu. Precooked brown rice completes this hearty dish. With a blanket of gooey, melted cheese on top, it’s a meal that hits all the right notes. View Recipe 06 of 23 Chicken Parmesan & Quinoa Stuffed Peppers Chicken Parm gets a fun low-carb and gluten-free twist with these cheesy stuffed peppers with chicken and quinoa. Serve with a salad for a healthy dinner that's easy to prep too. View Recipe 07 of 23 Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling / Ruth Blackburn These healthy Buffalo chicken stuffed peppers are bursting with flavor. The heat from the hot sauce, the tang from the yogurt and the perfectly crisp-tender bell pepper all come together perfectly in this easy low-carb dinner. View Recipe 08 of 23 Cheesy Egg Stuffed Peppers Bake up omelets in a pepper for a healthy, veggie-packed breakfast. Sweet bell peppers are filled with a cheesy egg filling with all the fixings of a classic Denver omelet. If you're cooking for a crowd, this recipe is easy to double! View Recipe 09 of 23 Spanakopita Stuffed Peppers These stuffed bell peppers have a filling inspired by the Greek spinach pie, spanakopita, but you don't have to worry about working with phyllo, so they're great for an easy vegetarian dinner. View Recipe 10 of 23 Fajita-Inspired Chicken-Stuffed Peppers Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling / Ruth Blackburn These chicken-stuffed peppers feature a delicious blend of savory ingredients that closely resemble the flavors of chicken fajitas. The chicken and bean filling fits neatly into a nice, sweet pepper with a cheesy topping. Packaged brown rice makes this dinner super easy, but leftover rice will work just as well! View Recipe 11 of 23 Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers Carve faces into the side of a bell pepper for a cute jack-o'-lantern you can eat too! This adorable Halloween-themed dinner is perfect for a family dinner to fuel your trick-or-treating adventure. Or serve them at a Halloween party and watch them disappear! Don't feel like freehand-carving the faces with a knife? Try using a cookie cutter instead. View Recipe 12 of 23 Stuffed Banana Peppers Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Styling / Ruth Blackburn These stuffed banana peppers are filled with spicy sausage, tender spinach and Pecorino Romano cheese, with zippy chopped hot cherry peppers to sharpen the flavor. A layer of tomato sauce at the bottom adds a hint of sweetness. If you want to tame the heat, use sweet Italian turkey sausage in place of hot. View Recipes 13 of 23 Jambalaya Stuffed Peppers In this healthy stuffed peppers recipe, a delicious jambalaya filling of chicken and Cajun spices gets baked inside of bell peppers. Traditional jambalaya is made with green bell peppers, but you can use green, yellow, or orange peppers (or a mix) for this dish. Look for bell peppers with even bottoms, so that they stand upright on their own. View Recipe 14 of 23 Shrimp-&-Grits-Stuffed Peppers Shrimp and grits are stuffed inside bell peppers and baked in this healthy stuffed peppers recipe. Add the optional hot sauce if you want to give the filling some kick. Look for bell peppers—use any color—with even bottoms, so that they stand upright on their own when they're cooked. View Recipe 15 of 23 Air-Fryer Stuffed Chiles with Pork Photographer: Brie Passano, Food Stylist: Greg Luna These hearty stuffed chiles are packed with a savory filling made from pork, zucchini and black beans. Once stuffed, the chiles are delicate, so use caution when transferring to the air-fryer basket. A crumble of cotija cheese finishes these chiles for a satisfying main dish. View Recipe 16 of 23 Tikka Masala Stuffed Peppers We have swapped the typical filling of ground beef and rice for a more exotic filling made with Indian-spiced chicken and rice in this stuffed bell pepper recipe. The chicken tikka masala used for the filling is quick to make, thanks to the use of a multicooker, like the Instant Pot. Want to make these ahead? Make an double batch of the tikka masala on a meal-prep day and freeze half to use later in this delicious healthy dinner. View Recipe 17 of 23 Chicken-&-Rice-Stuffed Peppers with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce Photographer / Brie Passano, Food Stylist / Annie Probst Here's a satisfying dinner packed into a bell pepper half for each serving. Chicken and rice are infused with umami from sun-dried tomatoes and the filling is bound by Parmesan and a bit of cream for cheesy goodness. View Recipe 18 of 23 Turkey Enchilada Poblano Peppers In this healthy take on a turkey enchilada recipe, we stuff everything into a roasted poblano pepper shell rather than tortillas to pack an extra serving of veggies into this meal. If you can't find poblano peppers, you can substitute green bell peppers instead. View Recipe 19 of 23 Instant-Pot Stuffed Peppers Lean ground beef and veggies fill bell peppers in this easy Instant Pot dinner. Be sure to spoon the bright and flavorful tomato sauce over each pepper before serving. To make this even easier, choose peppers that will stand upright in your Instant Pot. View Recipe 20 of 23 Cheesy Tex-Mex Taco Stuffed Peppers Tender, juicy bell peppers hold a Tex-Mex inspired filling of ground beef, taco seasoning and veggies finished with melted cheese on top in this easy stuffed peppers recipe. Garnish with fresh cilantro and serve with your favorite taco fixings. View Recipe 21 of 23 Baked Spinach, Feta & Egg-Stuffed Peppers Kelsey Hansen Bake eggs directly in a pepper for a gorgeous breakfast dish that all will enjoy. Use any colored bell pepper, just be sure to remove the seeds. View Recipe 22 of 23 Chiles en Nogada (Picadillo-Stuffed Chiles in Walnut Sauce) Julia Estrada Chiles en nogada is a traditional and iconic Mexican dish featuring roasted poblano chiles stuffed with picadillo and topped with a velvety walnut sauce. View Recipe 23 of 23 Slow-Cooker Black Bean & Brown Rice Stuffed Peppers Photographer: Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Ali Ramee Prop Stylist: Christine Keely Few dishes smell better as they cook than these cheesy brown rice–stuffed peppers simmering gently in a pool of cinnamon- and clove-spiced tomato sauce. If you want to try a different whole grain, swap out the rice for millet. The peppers are fragile after cooking, so use tongs to gently remove them from the slow cooker. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit