Spicy Southwest Stuffed Peppers

Spicy Southwest Stuffed Peppers (prep time 10 min, cook time 20 min, makes 8 servings)

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. ground turkey
• 4 cups spinach
• 1 tsp, ground pepper
• 1 tsp. cayenne
• 4 tsp. paprika
• 2 tsp. chili powder
• 4 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 tsp. cumin
• 9 whole bell peppers
• 8 tbsp. crushed pine nuts

Preparations:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Cook the ground turkey.
3. While the ground turkey is cooking, cut the peppers in halves and clean out the middle of each one.
4. Set one pepper aside and finely chop.
5. When the turkey is almost finished cooking, add in the spinach and finely chopped pepper.
6. Add in the ground pepper, cayenne, paprika, chili powder, garlic and cumin,
7. Stuff each pepper half with the turkey mixture and top each pepper with 1 tbsp. pine nuts.
8. Bake for 20 minutes (or until peppers are nearly soft).