A regular, almost a staple in my pantry, is Quinoa. I always have it on hand and most of my lunches are quinoa. It is a complete protein and for this forms a substantial part of our diet. A vegetable protein that does not have the calorie baggage is something I am not letting go of that easily. I try variation, adding different vegetables, legumes etc, to make it interesting every time I consume them. This is one of them. I love this variation since it looks immensely colorful and vibrant. I love stuffing peppers. I find in many sites including the food network chefs using Oven whenever they go for making stuffed pepper recipe. Being an Oven fanatic, I do look for ways to use Oven as often as possible but then all the recipes I find involves cooking the peppers in the oven for at least an hour!

That's a lot of coking time and I am lazy! I look for quick methods often and so I do the quick blanch method for cooking my peppers. It takes like 5 minutes or so depending on the size of your bell peppers. I do them while the main dish is cooking and hence by the time I want to assemble the food everything is ready to go. You can add cheese to top this if you want to make it extra interesting to your kids, but it tastes perfect to me as it is. With just 1 tsp of oil, this whole dish is practically bad calorie free. Vegetables, Protein, Nuts and Color. Looks and tastes appetizing. Go ahead and add your own touch to the recipe - its v versatile.