Healthy Pepper Poppers

I have been making these stuffed poppers for years. It started with wasabi cheese stuffed inside , placed on skewers and grilled on the BBQ . Let this be an inspiration to you to try your own version of pepper poppers, using your favorite ingredients. These make a tasty  appetizer.

Ingredients

1 Brick Cream Cheese

2 tbl Muffalata Mix *

Small Bag of Peppers

* What is Muffalata Mix? It's a perfect blend of minced olives and seasonings, famous in New Orleans on the Muffalata Sandwich.   Costco sells a brand that I am in love with for using on and in everything, including, stuffed celery, deviled eggs and muffin omelettes.

So easy to make.

1. Prep the peppers-Rinse and dry a batch of small peppers .Cut a       slice length wise along the pepper. 

2. Push the slice open and stuff with cream cheese mix.

3. These can be cooked in the oven , in a fry pan  or on the grill. The most important thing to do is to begin the cooking with the cut side (stuffed side), down. This gets you pepper cooking and melting and when you turn it over to cook the backside you won't lose the stuffing due to excessive melting. In the oven, I would cook these at 400°  turning after 10 min. In a fry pan on the stove top, put in a tbl of olive oil and cook on med heat until brown ,turn and brown some more on the other side.

Ingredients

1 brick cream cheese

2 tbl Muffalata mix

Small Bag of Peppers

Mix muffalata mix into cream cheese with a fork.

These are a great side dish for steak, perfect with rice and beans  and they reheat nicely in the microwave. I added one to my turkey and egg breakfast, the next day. 

Bonus* Use left over cream cheese mix for stuffed celery stalk treats.

Check out how I use the Muffalata Mix in these Baked Muffin Omelettes.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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