Healthy Makeover: Stuffed Peppers with Turkey-Kasha Filling
Menu Stuffed Peppers with Turkey-Kasha Filling Fresh Cranberry Beans Green Salad Lost Kosovo Kugel Now, with an eye to a healthy makeover, I made a few more changes. For starters, I would make an all-turkey filling, instead of the beef-pork-turkey mixture I had used before. That meant increasing the spices, as I had done in my recent attempt at healthy turkey cevapcici. And why not substitute high-protein, flavorful kasha for the white rice? It might not be traditional, but it would be in the Slovenian spirit. Otherwise, I followed my original recipe, although I did add a little wine to the tomato sauce. When I went to the market in the morning, I found a surprise: fresh cranberry beans, otherwise known as Roman or borlotti beans. By now, the dried version had become a staple in my Slovenian kitchen. I couldn't resist buying these tasty beans fresh, although I wasn't quite sure how to prepare them. And for dessert, I invented something new...