Pizza Stuffed Peppers

We love getting our pizza fix any way we can, and these pizza stuffed peppers are a favorite way to go about it. We top ours with pepperoni and olives, but you could use whatever toppings you like best on pizza.

Course Pizza

Cuisine Italian

Keyword pizza stuffed peppers

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Servings pepper halves

Calories 378kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

4 bell peppers any color
1 pound ground beef
8 ounces mild or hot Italian sausage
2 cloves garlic minced
16 ounces sugar free marinara divided
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella
¼ cup sliced black olives
16 slices pepperoni
Fresh parsley for garnish
Red pepper flakes for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice peppers in half from top to bottom and remove seeds and membranes.
Spread half of the marinara in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Arrange peppers over the top, cut side up.
Add the ground beef and sausage to a skillet over medium heat and cook until browned, crumbling the beef as it cooks.
Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more.
Drain the grease and add the remaining marinara to the skillet along with the Italian seasoning. Stir to coat.
Spoon the filling evenly between the peppers and top with the cheese, olives, and pepperoni.
Cover with foil and bake for 10 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 15 minutes or until peppers are tender-crisp.
Sprinkle with minced parsley and red pepper flakes before serving.

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Notes

My family prefers red and orange peppers as they tend to be the sweetest, but you can use any color you like. A red pepper generally has 1 more carb than a green pepper - we find that to be perfectly reasonable and go for the one that tastes the best.

Use any toppings on these that you like on pizza - mushrooms, onions, jalapeno, etc. We've even finely diced a small chunk of pineapple to go the Hawaiian Pizza route. Just be sure to go light on the pineapple.

This recipe makes 8 pepper halves with each half clocking in at 4 net carbs each. We find that lighter appetites are satisfied with one half, while larger appetites may want 2.

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