Cheesy Turkey Enchilada Stuffed Peppers make an absolutely delicious weeknight dinner for the family.

Cheesy Turkey Enchilada Stuffed Peppers filled with tex-mex flavor and covered in melty cheese. These gluten free Stuffed Peppers make an absolutely delicious weeknight dinner for the family.

Has anyone else grown up on Stuffed Peppers?

My mom use to make them like once a week during the fall and winter months. Except she had a totally different method of making them. I remember her par boiling the peppers ahead of time so the skin was softer. She liked it that way. I’m a texture person when it comes to food. So when it was par boiled, while the inside was good, the entire meal was mushy to me. It had no variety in texture.

My solution?

I like to make the filling ahead of time and then stuff it in the raw pepper. Then I cook the stuffed peppers in the oven for about 20 minutes or so. This helps ensure that the pepper gets a little softer but doesn’t loose all of it’s crunch. Which in my book is the way to go!

You need to add variety with texture in your food, it brings intrigue and keeps your palate guessing what’s going to come next.

For these enchilada stuffed peppers I decided to use ground turkey instead of beef because it’s a little lighter. However, sometimes ground turkey can tend to dry out a little more than beef. As a way to compensate for that dryness I added diced tomatoes and the enchilada sauce to the mixture so that the meat mixture didn’t dry out.