Monday Menu Planning

As I mentioned before, it's going to be a busy week at the office so there won't be a lot of time for cooking. So, here's my meal plan for the week, recipes to follow:

Meatless Monday ~ Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers (recipe below)
Take-Out Tuesday ~ Pizza for Beren & the kids, leftovers for me
Weight Watchin' Wednesday ~ Moroccan Slow-Cooker Stew
Thrifty Thursday ~ Tax Day! Definitely Thrifty for me as the office treats us to dinner! *wink*
Fishy Friday ~ Shrimp Scampi with Spaghetti
Slow-Mo Saturday ~ Slow-Cooker Lentil Soup
Social Sunday ~ BBQ ala Beren, never know what he'll cook up but it's likely to be fish for me, burgers for him

Here's today's recipe, again from Taste of Home but tweaked a bit by me to bring down POINTS:




Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers
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4 medium sweet red peppers
15 ounces black beans -- rinsed and drained
1 cup cheddar cheese, lowfat -- shredded
3/4 cup salsa
1 small onion -- chopped
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/3 cup brown rice -- uncooked
1 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the beans, cheese, salsa, onion, corn, rice, chili powder and cumin; spoon into peppers. Place in a 5-qt slow cooker coated with cooking spray.

Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until peppers are tender and filling is heated through. Serve with sour cream if desired.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 184 Calories; 3g Fat (14.5% calories from fat); 11g Protein; 30g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 6mg Cholesterol; 396mg Sodium. 3 WW POINTS.