We’re combining two of your favorite recipes into one low-carb meal packed with flavor. Hear me out, imagine the flavors of your favorite slice of pizza mixed with the deliciousness of your favorite stuffed bell peppers recipe. I present to you, Pizza Stuffed Peppers.
You can make this delicious recipe for lunch, dinner, or as a quick and easy way prep for the week ahead! Our peppers heat up well and are a great way to stay organized and supports your healthy lifestyle.
Making a delicious dinner that I don’t have to hover over in the kitchen is a win! Our pizza stuffed peppers are 21 Day Fix friendly and perfect for all healthy eaters…with the added bonus of being delicious enough to sneak past the whole family.
My family loves to customize the stuffed peppers with their favorite pizza toppings. Picture all the flavorful possibilities – pepperoni slices, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, black olives, Italian seasoning, anything is possible.
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Ingredients in Pizza Stuffed Peppers
- Olive oil
- Italian turkey sausage: If you like a bit more spice, go for hot Italian sausage.
- Marinara: We prefer to look for marinara with lower sodium and less added sugar.
- Bell peppers: green peppers, yellow peppers, orange peppers, red peppers, any color of bell pepper you have will be perfect.
- Water
- Mozzarella cheese
- Optional: Other toppings such as fresh basil, chopped pepperoni, roasted garlic, sea salt, pepper, etc.
How To Make Pizza Stuffed Peppers in the Slow Cooker
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until browned.
- Stir in marinara sauce.
- Cover and cook 5 minutes.
- Spoon sausage mixture into peppers and pour remaining sauce over peppers.
- Top with cheese.
- Place in an even layer in the ninja foodi/slow cooker, add water, and select the high slow cook setting for 1 hour.
- After your peppers have been slow cooking on high for one hour, if using the Ninja Foodi, set it to air crisp at 325º. Keep an eye on these as it will just take a few minutes to melt the cheese and crisp up the peppers a bit. Feel free to add additional minutes if they aren’t crisping up to your liking. You don’t want to burn the cheese or the peppers.
- If any you have any remaining leftovers, store in an airtight container and store in refrigerator once they are cooled to room temperature.
How to make Pizza Stuffed Peppers using the Stovetop/Oven
- In a large skillet, add olive oil and cook sausage until browned.
- Stir in marinara sauce.
- Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Place peppers in a baking dish or baking sheet, fill the pepper halves with the sausage mixture, pour remaining sauce over peppers.
- Top with cheese or any other favorite pizza ingredients if you’d like.
- Cook at 350* for 30 minutes.
Healthy Eating Plans
The 21 Day Fix
Whole Recipe: 4 red containers, 5 1/2 green containers, 3 blue containers
1 Pepper: 1 red container, 1 1/3 green container, 3/4 blue container
Containers Breakdown:
– turkey sausage, ground: 4 Red containers
– low sugar marinara 1.5 Green containers
– bell peppers, halved 4 Green containers
– mozzarella cheese 3 Blue containers
One serving: 1/2 red container, 2/3 green container, just under 1/2 blue container
You can easily add mushrooms, jalapenos, or any other pizza toppings that you love! If you change it up remember to calculate (or recalculate) to get an accurate tally of your containers for the recipe.
Weight Watchers Points
3 Blue Plan Points | 4 Green Plan Points | 3 Purple Plan Points
The points for the new 2022/2023 points plan is 3.
Trim Healthy Mama
This is an S recipe for THM and you’ll need to use sugar free marinara sauce!
More slow cooker recipes
- Healthy Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
- Crock Pot Pork Carnitas
- Crockpot Stuffed Pepper Soup
- Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas
Slow Cooker Pizza Stuffed Peppers
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb ground turkey sausage Italian
- 1 ½ cups marinara sauce low sugar
- 4 bell peppers halved
- 4 tbsp water
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
How To Make Pizza Stuffed Peppers in the Slow Cooker
- In a large skillet, cook sausage until browned.
- Stir in marinara sauce.
- Cover and cook 5 minutes.
- Spoon sausage mixture into peppers and pour remaining sauce over peppers.
- Top with cheese.
- Place in an even layer in the ninja foodi/slow cooker, add water, and select the high slow cook setting for 1 hour.
- After your peppers have been slow cooking on high for one hour, if using the Ninja Foodi, set it to air crisp at 325º. Keep an eye on these as it will just take a few minutes to melt the cheese and crisp up the peppers a bit. Feel free to add additional minutes if they aren't crisping up to your liking. You don't want to burn the cheese or the peppers.
- If any you have any remaining leftovers, store in an airtight container and store in refrigerator once they are cooled to room temperature.
How to make Pizza Stuffed Peppers using the Stovetop/Oven
- In a large skillet, add olive oil and cook sausage until browned.
- Stir in marinara sauce.
- Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Place peppers in a baking dish or baking sheet, fill the pepper halves with the sausage mixture, pour remaining sauce over peppers.
- Top with cheese or any other favorite pizza ingredients if you’d like.
These sound great! Do you think they can be made in an instant pot?
They can for sure, but I haven’t tested them yet. I’ll update the recipe as soon as I do!
What about freezing them ahead of time?
Hey Lauryn! I’d stay away from freezing these because I don’t care for freezing peppers–I’d love to know if you try it, though!