Couscous Stuffed Peppers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 green bell peppers
• 1 (15 ounce) can fat free chicken broth
• 1 cup couscous
• 1 tablespoon dry ranch dressing mix
• 1 chicken sausage

Recipe

• 1 core and seed the peppers and cut in half lengthwise. pre-cook in microwave about 4 minutes.
• 2 bring chicken broth to boil and add dry couscous.
• 3 stir in ranch mix. toss in pre-cooked thinly sliced, chicken sausage.
• 4 cook for about 10 minutes, stirring to keep from sticking. simmer on about med/low.
• 5 when most of the water has been absorbed, lay peppers on baking tray and spoon couscous and sausages into the peppers.
• 6 bake at 400 about 20 minutes.
• 7 add a light sprinkle of cheddar cheese if you'd like, or a dollop of fresh sour cream.
• 8 notes: the couscous is uncooked. the chicken sausage i used was 110 calories and very low fat. when calculated out, i got 212 calories per serving.