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Lemony lentil & spinach pepper boats

Red pepper halves filled with lemony lentils and spinach for a colorful party plate.

45 min Serves 2 Weighed whole-food formulation

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Full recipe: 4 complete portions; 1 of 4 equal portions of stuffed peppers per portion
Serving size: 1 of 4 equal portions of stuffed peppers
Servings per batch: 4

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Estimated nutrition per serving — 1 of 4 equal portions of stuffed peppers

Calories	226
Total fat	4.11 g
Saturated fat	0.61 gKeep low
Sodium	41 mgLow
Total carbohydrate	37.57 g
Fiber	13.93 gHigh
Total sugars	9.74 g
Added sugars	Not available
Protein	13.79 g

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All listed weighed ingredients summed from eight complete per-100-g USDA SR Legacy nutrient records and divided by 4. Sources: Peppers, sweet, red, raw: 600 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/170108/nutrients ; Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt: 480 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/172421/nutrients ; Spinach, raw: 160 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/168462/nutrients ; Onions, raw: 80 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/170000/nutrients ; Oil, olive, salad or cooking: 12 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/171413/nutrients ; Lemon juice, raw: 40 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/167747/nutrients ; Spices, garlic powder: 2 g; https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/171325/nutrients. Beans and lentils are cooked without salt; rice uses the plain cooked long-grain reference, whose USDA title does not explicitly say unsalted. Poultry and vegetables are weighed raw; no drain-off or discarded marinade is assumed. Water uses the USDA drinking-water record, including its sodium; extra splashes and local mineral content can change traces. Cooking losses, product variation and final rounding make these estimates, not measured finished-food results. Added sugars are not independently verified; no sugar-qualification claim is made. Recipes are authored, not USDA-tested recipes.

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Source data checked 2026-10-26; no professional review documented.

Lower sodium: 300 mg sodium or less per stated serving. This is a site guideline, not the FDA "low sodium" label claim.

High fiber: 8 g dietary fiber or more per stated serving.

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