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14 of Our Favorite Bell Pepper Recipes

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By: Sarah BondUpdated: Mar 24, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Our favorite vegetarian bell pepper recipes to give you dinnertime inspiration! From how to roast them, how to make romesco sauce, and how to incorporate them into easy sushi and salad, let these recipes inspire your healthy dinner tonight.

Our favorite vegetarian bell pepper recipes to give you dinnertime inspiration! From roasting to sauces to sushi and more!

Red, yellow, orange, and green bell peppers on a white background

Bell peppers are as essential in my kitchen as my chef’s knife and fire extinguisher (joking) (kind of), so it’s a wonder we’ve gone this long without making them our spotlight ingredient! This week, we change that. But as always, we like to dip our toe in the water before diving into the deep end of bell peppers, so here are a few of my favorite bell pepper recipes to get us started!

Use bell peppers for romesco sauce

Romesco sauce. If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ve heard of it. Because I am full on heart-eyes-emoji for this stuff. What is romesco? It’s a Spanish-inspired sauce made from roasted red peppers, tomato, lemon, and almond butter!

  • How to make romesco sauce
  • Roasted asparagus with romesco sauce
  • How to make hummus (including romesco-flavored hummus!)
This Roasted Asparagus with Smoky Romesco Sauce is a simple, flavor-packed recipe that is sure to brighten up your dinner table with! With just 1 pan and I'm 30 minutes you’ll have a show stopping side dish ready to go.

Roasted peppers are life

One of my favorite ways to jazz up a recipe is my throwing in some roasted bell pepper. To roast a pepper, just throw it on the top rack of the oven on a high heat. Cook until charred and black (flipping occasionally to evenly cook it), then throw into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit for 10 minutes or so, then remove the skin (that last step makes the skin super easy to peel off!)

  • Roasted pepper and strawberry gazpacho
  • Roasted pepper gouda grilled cheese
  • Roasted Veggie Fajitas
Red Pepper Strawberry Gazpacho Soup

Use bell peppers to add crunch to salads

90% of the time, my use of bell peppers involves chopping up the almost-forgotten bell pepper in the back of my fridge to throw in a salad for extra crunch and color.

  • Mama’s famous bean salad
  • Green goddess sushi bowl
  • Mix and match meal prepping
  • Summer vegetable salad
This Green Goddess Sushi Bowl recipe takes everything good about sushi and turns it into a hassle-free, mouth-wateringly delicious bowl.

Roll it up

For when we’re feeling fancy, our bell pepper recipes involve spring rolls and sushi!

  • Cucumber sushi rolls
  • Vegan rainbow spring rolls
  • Pretty in pink spring rolls
Cucumber Sushi Rolls

Classic stuffed peppers

And of course, no bell pepper recipes roundup would be complete without a few stuffed peppers!

  • Enchilada quinoa stuffed peppers
  • Ricotta stuffed peppers
Quinoa stuffed peppers on a baking sheet with melted cheese, sour cream, and avocado - Need a healthy vegetarian dinner outside of your usual routine? These Enchilada Quinoa Stuffed Peppers flavored with a quick homemade enchilada sauce and baked to bubbly, cheesy, perfection.

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