STUFFED PEPPERS Chicken Tuna Salads

PEPPERS STUFFED with CHICKEN or TUNA SALADS.

STUFFED PEPPERS is a colorful and appealing appetizer. It can be easily prepared a night ahead.

Ingredients:

• 1 sweet yellow or orange pepper
• 1 Italian green pepper
• 1 sweet red pepper

Tuna salad stuffing:

• 2 cans (10 oz) Chunk Tuna in Water
• 4 eggs hard-boiled
• Small bunch of chives, finely chopped
• 1-2 tbsp of mayonnaise (sugar and starch free)
• Salt and black pepper

Chicken salad stuffing:

• 1 cooked chicken breast
• 1/2 can of unsweetened pineapple in own juice
• 1/4 pound yellow cheese
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1 garlic clove
• Salt, pepper
• Mayonnaise

Directions:

• Cut peppers’ stems and remove seeds.
• Drain the water from tuna cans (or from pineapple can), and mix together all salad ingredients.
• Stuff the bell peppers with the salad, place them in a container, and keep them in a refrigerator overnight.
• Cut stuffed peppers into ½ inch thick rings, and arrange beautifully on a serving dish.

Weight Loss Help

• The Glycemic Index of sweet peppers and chives is 15, which is very low.
• Tuna and eggs belong to a healthy ‘proteins and healthy fats‘ categories
• Choose pineapple in its OWN juice only
• Use sugar-free mayonnaise
• Serve it as an appetizer for dinner, or have it for lunch.

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