Low Carb Stuffed Taco Peppers

What an easy recipe to make, this Low Carb Taco Stuffed Pepper is very filling and delicious. It is really delicious the next day. I love cutting up some romaine lettuce and sitting the pepper in the center. Cut up the stuffed peppers and each with the greens. For a whole meal, the end results are healthy and worth the try with only a net carb count of 8.3 per serving.

I make my own taco season instead of buying them. First of all lots of store-bought taco seasoning mixes are full of preservatives, artificial colors, flour and may be more or less spicy than you’d like. But why make taco seasoning mix homemade? You usually have all the spices in your cupboard so why buy more, just make your own. I highly recommend making homemade taco seasoning! It’s easy and cheap. You will find the recipe at the end of the write up.

Taco Stuffed Peppers

4 or 5 Peppers

1 pound ground beef (your choice, chicken, pork)

1 small onion

2 Tbls Taco Seasoning (recipe below)

1 cup Salsa (mild, medium or hot, your choice)

1 cup shredded Cheese (any kind)

In a skillet cook ground meat and onions.

Try and break up the meat into small pieces

Add salsa and cheese, set aside.

Cut the tops off of the peppers, take a knife and cut out the inners and discard.

Don’t waste the tops of the peppers, chop them up and put in the skillet with the meat mixture.

Place the meat mixture in each pepper, top with shredded cheese.

Preheat oven 350F

Bake stuffed peppers for 15 minutes.

Top with a dollop of guacamole and sour cream.

5 servings

Yield: 8.3 net carbs

Taco Spice
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp oregano
½ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper

Place in container shake well.

Stay healthy and live well!
Gayle