Some friends and I have started freezer cooking, and this is one of the dishes we made. If you choose to freeze, you can place in a gallon size freezer bag. Thaw, place in a casserole dish and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake according to instructions.

1/2 c. chopped carrot

1/2 c. chopped red sweet pepper (I used the tri-color frozen pepper strips)

1/4 c. sliced green onions (2)

1 T. butter

1 10.75 oz. can condensed cream of chicken soup (I used low-fat)

1 9 oz. package frozen artichoke hearts, thawed and cut up

1 1/2 c. chopped, cooked chicken

1 c. cooked wild rice or long grain rice

1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 c. milk

2 T. dry sherry

2 slices bacon, crisp-cooked, drained, and crumbled

3 T. grated parmesan cheese

1. In a large skillet cook carrot, sweet pepper, and green onions in hot butter until crisp-tender. Remove from heat and stir in chicken soup, artichoke hearts, chicken, rice, mozzarella cheese, milk, sherry, and bacon. Transfer to a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

2. Bake, covered, in a 350 degree oven for 20 min. Uncover and bake 20 min. more or until bubbly. Let stand 10 min. before serving.

Makes 6 servings. 5 points/serving. (My whole family loved this and it is very filling. Big servings, too, which is always good!)

Taken from “Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book”

I made up my own stuffed pepper recipe yesterday. And, I have my handy Weight Watcher e-tools to utilize, so I was able to enter the ingredients and servings into the recipe builder and discovered that my stuffed peppers were only 4 points. Here’s the recipe:

4 points per serving. Serves 6.
Ingredients:

6 bell peppers

1 cup Mushrooms, diced

Onion, chopped

1 box of Spicy Thai rice (from Aldi), prepared

1 lb. lean ground turkey

Instructions:

Brown the turkey with onion and mushrooms. Drain. Mix in the prepared rice. Cut the tops off of the peppers, cleaning out the inside. Then place in boiling water for about 3 minutes. Remove from water and stuff the peppers with filling. Place in a round casserole dish and pour in enough water to cover the bottom. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 min.

I only used 4 bell peppers and froze a quart size bag full of filling. I prepared the meal the day before, so the heating time took longer than 20 minutes because they were cold when placed in oven.

Trader Joe’s is so awesome!  I’ve discovered some great frozen meals recently, and they are so much more filling than the typical Weight Watcher frozen meals available in grocery stores.  I ate Chicken Vindaloo (curry based) tonight for dinner and it was awesome.  I mixed a serving of cooked spinach in with the meal and loved it.  This meal gave me so much more for my points than other frozen meals I’ve bought in the past.  Total points: 6!