Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers

This quick and easy meal slow cooker meal is healthy and delicious.  It's perfect for a cool fall day. 

Time-Saver Tip:  Buy frozen, chopped, green pepper and onion and keep in the freezer.

Ingredients:

• 4 whole green peppers
• 15-oz. can tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup chopped onion & green pepper
• 1 lb. ground turkey
• 1/2 tsp. coarse salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 cup brown rice, uncooked
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp. Italian Bread crumbs

Directions:

1. Wash and core peppers, removing seeds.  
2. Spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking oil spray, then arrange peppers on the bottom.
3. In a medium frying pan, brown ground turkey, chopped peppers and onions.  Add salt, pepper, 2 tbsp. tomato sauce, and  1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs.  Stir well, then add brown rice.
4. Spoon ground turkey/rice mixture into peppers.
5. Top each pepper with 1/2 tbsp. tomato sauce, then sprinkle with 1/2 tbsp. Italian Bread crumbs.
6. Pour the remaining tomato sauce into the bottom of the slow cooker around the peppers.
7. Cook on high for 4 hours.

Enjoy!