Hey there! Today, I have a quick and easy recipe for Zucchini Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers.

What’s in these mini stuffed peppers?

• The most important ingredient in any stuffed peppers are the peppers.I used an assortment of baby bell peppers, a colourful mixture of yellow, orange, and red ones.
  • They are sweet and mild in flavour (red being the sweetest). Also, once halved and seeded, they are like tiny boats ready to be filled with delicious filling and baked until they are tender yet still sturdy enough to hold the filling.
• The filling is so simple yet it’s full of flavour.
  • It’s base is plain cream cheese, which is soft, creamy (especially when warmed) and mild in cheese flavour. It’s combined with diced zucchini and sweet onion, which adds a pleasant vegetable sweetness and additional texture.
  • It’s enhanced through a few choice spices, which includes garlic powder, which has a garlicky, slightly sweet flavour that’s not overpowering as well as dried oregano, which has warm, slightly bitter, and aromatic properties.
  • It’s also combined together with the ever popular, salt and pepper (I always go for sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper), which makes (almost) everything taste so much better.
• Then there’s the finishing touches:
  • Crunchy walnuts that gives this appetizer additional crunch and sweet nutty notes and a small amount of fresh basil, which has an assertive pungent and sweet smell and peppery taste.

How to make these cream cheese stuffed peppers?

Slice ten baby bell peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds.Full ingredients and instructions listed in the recipe card down below.

In a bowl, combine together the filling ingredients: cream cheese, zucchini, onions, and herbs and spices.

Fill each bell pepper half and place them cut side up on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-18 minutes.

Then garnish with chopped walnuts and fresh basil. Enjoy as an appetizer or as a side dish!

These tasty bites are:

• Savoury and delicious: It’s full of tasty summer vegetables and cream cheese.
• Full of pleasing textures: Warm creamy cream cheese, tender zucchini and onions, and crunchy walnuts all in a tender, yet firm, baby pepper.
• Easy to assemble: No special equipment such as a food processor or stand mixer needed.
• Great to make ahead: You can make these stuffed peppers a few hours in advance and bake just prior to serving.
• Easy to adapt: Switch out or add ingredients of your choosing.
• Perfect as an appetizer or as a side dish: This recipe makes twenty delicious small stuffed peppers so it can serve quite a few people, especially as side dish. It’s easy to scale up or down to suit your needs.
• Vegetarian and gluten-free.

Looking for more recipes using bell peppers?

• Cilantro Lime Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
• Roasted Vegetable Orzo Pasta Salad
• Zucchini Gratin with Gruyere and Panko Breadcrumbs
• Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Salad with Italian Vinaigrette

I hope you try this recipe! If you make this recipe, please leave me a comment and rating below. Or you can tag me on any of my social media. I’m @yay_for_food on Instagram!

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