I love stuffed vegetables. In the past two years that I have been writing on this blog I have stuffed mushrooms, onions (twice), zucchini (also twice), cabbage, poblano peppers and eggplant. Plus the ones that I didn’t post or already forgot about. However, I had never stuffed bell peppers before. I had seen them all over the foodie blog-o-sphere and always made a mental note to make one, but it was until a couple of weeks ago when I finally came around to making them.
What is it about stuffed vegetables that is so enticing? What’s your favorite one and what do you stuff it with? I asked these questions on twitter (by the way if you can follow me there) and I got some very interesting answers. I especially liked what ChefKhaty had to say:
“I think it’s the anticipation, cause no matter how good the “shell” is, the inside is always better!! Kinda like a jelly donut!”
I do agree with that. A good example are these stuffed peppers. I prepared a ground turkey with corn kernels and bread stuffing that was delicious. I am not including a recipe because 1) I didn’t write it down and already forgot it and 2) prepareing a stuffed vegetable dish should always be an imagination exercise (tell me if I am wrong). If you have a recipe for a delicious stuffed vegetable you want to share or just want to talk about your favorite stuffed veggie come over to the forum and tell us about it. We’ll be happy to hear/read your thoughts 
¡Buen provecho!
23 Replies
I love stuffed peppers and tomatoes too…prepared the Greek way of course!
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 10:53 am
the only two I’ve tried is stuffed mushrooms and stuffed bell peppers. I do love both! I think a cold tuna salad in a tomato might be pretty good too.
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Stuffing a pepper (or any vegetable) is a good way to clean the refrigerator…a little of this or that with rice or bread to hold it together and some good seasoning and you’re ‘good to go’.
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
This is one dish I have yet to try (plus many others) but I will definitely bookmark this. It looks simply delicious and totally healthy. I also love the vibrancy of the colours that simply jumps out at you.
Posted on May 12th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Beautiful stuffed peppers! I’ve made stuffed peppers and stuffed cabbage before but I’d like to try some other vegetables in a near future as well.
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 12:01 am
I love stuffing vegetables, too. If you start by using something related to the outside on the inside (i.e., the part you scooped out of zucchini or eggplant), and adding something picante, you will always come up with a great filling. Use up leftovers in the fridge, add some rice or lentils or mashed beans for bulk…. how can you go wrong?
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Those are just beautiful!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I’m the opposite – we make stuffed bell peppers all the time but we have never stuffed any of the other veggies you mentioned. You did such a nice job!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Ben, I never say no to stuffed peppers, not even if you offer me ten of them!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 11:02 am
I love stuffed vegetables, too. Tomatoes, peppers & zucchini “the Greek way” as Peter mentioned, but I also love Mexican inspired versions like this one, and stuffing poblanos. Yum.
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Such beautiful presentation!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Mmmm, ground turkey and corn kennels sounds very interesting. I would like to experiment with these two ingredients next time instead of using my usual stuffing.
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I first ate stuffed peppers (and tomatoes) when I was in Greece for the first time. A long long time ago and ever since I am a huge fan of stuffed peppers!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I love any stuffed veggies but not my family. So I haven’t cooked them in a while. Yours looks so tasty.
Posted on May 13th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Great photo! Those pepppers sound so tasty!
Posted on May 14th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I love making stuffed peppers. It’s almost as if you can stuff anything in the pepper and it will come out delicious.
Posted on May 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Stuffed vegetables are so good, and yours look delicious. I think I make a different stuffing every time. But, I like using brown rice sometimes in place of breadcrumbs.
Posted on May 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I love stuffed peppers Ben. What a great idea to use ground turkey instead of beef. Maybe even chicken?
Posted on May 20th, 2009 at 9:51 am
beautiful job on these – I am one of those that stuffs them different everytime depending on what I have on hand…
Posted on May 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Peppers were the first veggies we had stuffed…then tomatoes. Zucchini would be great to try next. Anyways, this looks delish.
Posted on May 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Hello Ben,
I first had stuffed peppers a long time ago…but last year when we visited our friends in Spain, they served us a beautiful dish of them, I’d forgotten how gorgeous they were. Your dish looks beautiful & I agree…you do your own thing! I’m going to :0)
Posted on May 21st, 2009 at 10:55 am
Oh I love stuffed bell peppers! I made stuffed zucchini just last night and cannot get enough of them. I’ll be sure to post the recipe soon. Thanks as always for all the great tips Ben!
Posted on June 1st, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Ben: aqui puro gringacho veo :s bueno son tus clientes y ni modo pero ojala se pongan a cocinar comida mexicana, ya ves que ellos puras pizzas y hotdogs :/ no vaya alguno a entender mi español….jajjaja cuidate y se ven muy buenos los pimientos rellenos, aunque yo los prefiero en chile poblano rellenos de carne molida…..saludos
Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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