paleo

Paleo Stuffed Peppers

Posted on by amclimber

We, as a family, are not dietarily restricted in any way.  I’m a somewhat picky eater and we have a toddler but technically there are no restrictions to what we can eat.  What we DO like to do is bounce around between different types of ‘diets.’  This allows us to eat healthy without really limiting what we can or cannot eat.

We find it best to serve these peppers in a bowl, it keeps the spillage under control.

 

So this recipe for stuffed peppers falls into the category of paleo.  The idea of a paleo diet is to follow a menu of what our bodies are evolutionarily designed to eat.  Think pre-mass-agriculture.  Think running down a bison and picking up a few veggies you find on the side of the trail on the way back to your cave.  Got it?  Good.  It really is just meant to cut out processed foods (baked goods, candy, packaged goods) from your diet.  It’s great on occasion, but I like baked goods, candy, and the occasional packaged good.

The peppers and filling all loaded into the crock pot!The peppers and filling all loaded into the crock pot!

This recipe is pretty straight forward, the most difficult part will be using the cauliflower to create ‘rice.’  I used my food processor which made it really simple but chopping works great as well!  Everything else is outlined pretty easily through the step by step instructions!

My cauliflower turned 'rice' in the food processor.

Enjoy!

What you need:

  • 1 pound of ground hot sausage
  • 5 assorted bell peppers
  • 1/2 head of cauliflower (this is your faux-rice)
  • 1 small (8 ounce) can of tomato paste.
  • 1 small white onion, diced
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tsp. dried basil
  • 2 tsp dried oregano.
  • 2 tsp dried thyme.

How you make it:

  1. Cut the tops off of your peppers and scoop out and discard the seeded middle, save the tops!
  2. Put your cauliflower ‘rice’ into a large mixing bowl
  3. Add the minced garlic, dried herbs, and onion to your cauliflower and mix by hand
  4. Use a very hot skillet to lightly brown the sausage
  5. Add your sausage and can of tomato paste to your bowl of seasoned cauliflower and mix by hand, make sure you have let the sausage cool before you stick your hands in there!
  6. Fit as much of your sausage mixture into your peppers as you can
  7. Place the peppers into the slow cooker and loosely place the pepper tops back on (If you have extra meat and cauliflower mixture, just jam in between your peppers and let it cook)
  8. Cook on low for 6 hours, that’s it!