Stuffed Pepper Boats – No Tomatoes

Stuffed Bell Pepper Recipe Without Tomatoes

It all started with an orthodontist visit for my daughter. Over the next 5 years, what she couldn’t eat determined what I would make for dinner.

First, the metal braces. No chewy, gooey, sticky or crunchy. No meat still on the bones. No candy. <sarcasm>Halloween was a blast during these years!</sarcasm>

Then it was onto Invisalign and rubber bands. No eating anything that would stain them. Even though she removed the trays when she ate, the buttons and somehow the trays could still get stained. No gummy bears (we discovered the hard way when the yellow stained one of her trays), no blackberries, no tomatoes. *gasp* NO tomatoes?! Bye bye traditional pizza, spaghetti, salsa, and stuffed bell peppers.

Good thing I can be pretty nontraditional in the kitchen. EVERY single one of her classic favorites that has tomatoes, I reinvented.

By far, our favorite is this recipe. In fact, we loved it so much, I don’t mind not making it the traditional way anymore. Yup, that good!

We don’t even miss the tomatoes!

The ingredients in this recipe lean more towards an Asian-style stuffed bell pepper boat. The combination of the ingredients work SO well together. I promise, you’re going to LOVE it.

You can use any kind of bell pepper you’d like. We usually use red, but green and yellow are also delicious.

We like our peppers still a bit crisp, but if you like them softer, you can cover with foil while they bake and increase cooking time and add a little water to baking dish (see recipe below for details).

Looking for more tomato free recipes? Try our No Tomato Spaghetti Sauce!