Thanks for joining Sarah and me for Meatless Monday today. January always feels like the longest month to me. It’s like a month where everyday feels like a Monday. Anyone else? Anyways, I have always enjoyed the Greek pairings of tomato, feta, lemon, olive oil and spinach and so I put them all together into these delicious Vegetarian Greek Stuffed Peppers with Tzatziki drizzle.
Cooking notes:
Preparing the couscous in advance will significantly cut down the prep time for this dish. I used Israeli (pearled) couscous but you can use the traditional as well. To make these Greek Stuffed peppers vegan friendly, simply omit the feta cheese. For my gluten free readers, brown rice or quinoa can easily be used instead of couscous.
The easiest way to precook the peppers is to roast them in the oven while you are preparing the filling. Then, you simply stuff them with the veggie goodness and bake them to heat throughout. I’ve also eaten these Greek Stuffed Peppers cold on top of a salad the next day and they were just as tasty.
The Tzatziki drizzle is a snap to make in seconds with your blender. It makes a great addition to the peppers and a fantastic healthy dip for raw veggies. I am all about using up my leftovers and I will be serving this drizzle as a salad dressing this week as well.
Vegetarian Greek Stuffed Peppers with Tzatziki Drizzle
Ingredients
- For the peppers:
- 4-5 Red, yellow or green peppers
- 1 C couscous -cooked according to package
- 1 zucchini diced
- 1-2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 15 oz can of chick peas-rinsed and drained
- 1 15 oz can of diced tomatoes (drained)
- 6 oz feta cheese
- 1 -2 C fresh spinach
- oregano, basil, salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
- For Tzitziki sauce:
- 12 oz Greek Yogurt low fat
- 1 cucumber-peeled and unseeded
- handful of fresh mint and dill
- 1 garlic clove
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375
- Wash peppers and remove stem and seeds
- Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 20 min
- Meanwhile prepare filling
- In a skillet saute garlic, zucchini for 5 min
- Remove from heat and stir in couscous
- add chick peas, spinach, tomatoes
- oregano, basil, garlic powder,salt & pepper
- add 2/3 of the feta cheese
- Stuff peppers with filling
- sprinkle on remaining feta cheese
- bake for 20 min
- To prepare Tzitziki sauce:
- in a blender add cucumber, yogurt, dill, mint, garlic, salt and pepper
- Pulse until all ingredients are smooth
Do you like the tomato and feta combo? What’s for dinner at your house tonight?
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This sounds DIVINE!. Seriously. I love the combo of everything you put in there! Adding these ingredients to my list!
Oh thanks so much! Simple ingredients serious yum
I love vegetarian stuffed peppers. And I love Greek food. Awesome combo!
Well thanks so much and thanks for joining us today
These look amazing! I love tzitziki, but have never made me own!
Literally 5 min to make it you have to try it!
Looks like another winner! I do love stuffed peppers!
Thanks so much hope you give them a try
Oooh! My first Meatless Monday post. I’m so excited! Stuffed peppers are the best. Tzatziki Sauce is the best. Looking forward to lots of veggie inspiration!
Well glad you are so excited! We are excited to have you and happy veggie eating
Beautiful photos! I love stuffed peppers and love the tzitziki sauce on top!
Thanks so much this is one of my favorites but had forgotten about them
Tzatziki. Yum! Only problem is that my husband would never eat this . . . it would be good for him, though. Sometimes I make him eat veggie meals. Because I’m mean that way. 😉
ha ha well don’t tell anyone I said this but you could add chicken to it 🙂
Love love love tzatziki! What a great idea to put it on stuffed peppers!
Thanks! I thought it was a great addition!
The drizzle sounds like a great salad dressing, dip, or something to just smother just about everything with!
Yes yes and yes
Yum! It sound delicious. I’ve even made a tofu “feta,” (though it’s not quite as good as the real thing)!
That would work too!
Mmmm I’ll eat anything with Greek in the title. My favorite flavors all combined in a big ‘ol stuffed pepper!!
Yes exactly!! Thanks so much
Adding to my must make list! These look amazing. I love the flavors of the Mediterranean especially Greece.
Oh thanks so much! Really hope you all enjoy it
Ooooh a Greek spin on stuffed peppers sounds delicious! Tonight it’s chicken satay skewers with cucumber salad. : )
I do love cucumber salad as well. Have a great Monday
Ooh I’m getting all the excitement about Greek flavors; Greek flavors are always so so good.
They do really pair nicely together
UM. this sounds AMAZING. I need to make this ASAP!! Love the different flavours. and all the colours make this meal POP!
Well thanks so much! I hope you find it as yummy as I do. Thanks for stopping in today
Yum, I love stuffed peppers and this looks amazing! Gotta add this to the list!
Thanks Janelle! Have a great week
Oh I love stuffed peppers!! Those look delicious!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for checking them out today
OOOO anything with a Greek twist has my attention! Yum!!!
Thanks so much and it’s pretty easy too
These sound awesome…..I love anything with peppers!
Thanks so much I do too!
I loooove the tomato and feta combo!! Such a great flavour profile when eaten together! Also, this tzatiki dip looks sooo good!! YUM
Thanks so much and the dip was so easy and delish hope you try it out
So when I was growing up I hated when my mom would make stuffed peppers because she used to always use ground beef and I am not a fan. But this sounds very tasty and healthy. I love anything with feta cheese….yum!
ha ha I remember my family making something similar! Hope you enjoy this lighter version
These peppers look amazing and I love the combination of flavors! Happy Meatless Monday!
Thanks so much and you can certainly make them dairy free as well
these look amazing!!!
Thanks so much hope you give them a try
I haven’t made stuffed peppers in I can’t even remember how long. I need to do something with them sometime soon!
They are so easy to work with too
Can you believe I have never made stuffed peppers?! I feel so out of touch. It seems like everyone is doing it! I love this combo of tomatoes and feta. YUMMO!
Really?! I think we need to change that asap 🙂
That feta on top is calling my name! Looks so so good!
I do love feta myself as well!
Oh my goodness my mouth is watering looking at these stuffed peppers. I wonder if I can trick my husband into thinking that there’s meat in them!
Well don’t tell anyone I said this but you could add chicken or shrimp in there
Loving the stuffed Peppers! Gotta re-boot my love for them lately and this will do just the trick!
Great hope you try them out!
This looks like my kind of dinner – and I bet the leftovers are just as good for lunch the next day!
They are! I had them in my salad today too
These look delicious! I saw them in Instagram today! I pinned to make next week!
Fabulous! Hope you enjoy
I love anything greek inspired so this looks perfect! Especially with that tzatziki drizzle! <3
Thanks and it is very easy to make
So yummy! I’m planning to make some greek burgers this week!
That would also be good to with these
My mom always used to make stuffed peppers growing up, love the greek style spin on them! I gotta make something like this soon!
Yes a little different from the ones my mom used to make as well
I never think to vary my stuffed pepper filling. This sounds really delicious, and super easy to sub in for what I usually put in my peppers.
Yes certainly easy to sub in lots of different things
I’m not a fan of stuffed peppers. But my husband is. And these look so great and healthy that I think I’d just have to make them for him. 🙂
I hope he likes them!
I sure enjoy a good stuffed pepper! Love your Greek take on them 🙂
Thanks so much
Pinning for menu planning. I love Tzatziki sauce.
Fabulous and so easy to make as well
Stuffed peppers are always such a great dinner idea!! Love this meatless recipe!!
Thanks so much!
I’m a day late to the party but I am not a fan of peppers much. We each have our own tatests and mine are evermore changing as I age. I shared your recipe because I know many of my readers would love this!
Tonight the hubs wants to try spaghetti and meatballs in the new Pressure Cooker we’ve been using so we’ll see. Have a great Tuesday Deborah.
Well I really appreciate your sharing it! I have not really experimented with a pressure cooker let us know how that goes
Tomato, feta, lemon, olive oil, and spinach, are just the perfect combination. Yum-yum! For the stuffing, I’ll use quinoa instead, the creamy and somewhat nutty, is what I love about it. I’ll definitely prepare this over the weekend! I’m sure my family would love this! Do you have other recipe that include quinoa? Please do tell! Thanks!
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Israeli couscous is my favourite! I just love the texture of it. I bet it’s absolutely amazing in these peppers!
I really like the texture of it too but forget to use it often
Yum! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I think I will try them this week!
I really hope you enjoy thanks for stopping in!
I always forget how much I love stuffed peppers until I see recipes like this. YUM!
I know me too! I had not made them in a long time.
My mom used to love making stuffed peppers. I haven’t had them in years but now you have inspired me to try them.
Oh good! Hope you enjoy
Those stuffed peppers look so good!
Thanks so much!
Never seen this good recipe with tzatziki flavor! I am a huge of it, must try this recipe, Deborah!
Well thanks so much hope you enjoy it and thanks for stopping in
Oh yum! Is that Israeli couscous? These look delicious!
Yes indeed hope you enjoy