Southwestern Sweet Pepper Healthy Nachos Recipe
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We’re all about making healthy swaps when they make sense: gluten-free baking, trying to eat less sugar, etc. But we’re also realistic: we know you want to make things that taste good and you can proudly serve to your family or guests without hesitation. We’ve found that healthy appetizers—whether for game day or any day—are some of the trickiest recipes to find.
If you’ve hit a rut in your appetizer routine and want to feel healthy while still offering something delicious, we’ve got just the thing for you – a healthy nachos recipe. Once we discovered it, it totally changed our game—after you try them, you might never look at nachos the same way, either!
We’ve been making these southwestern sweet pepper nachos for years now, and they never fail to deliver. This is a healthy nachos recipe that’s crowd-pleasing and perfect for game day get-togethers. They’re also easy enough to make as a late-night snack that won’t send you to bed feeling overly full. All you need are four red bell peppers and some other simple ingredients like cheese, sour cream, salsa, and green onion. You’ll also need a baking sheet and a knife to cut the red bell peppers into tortilla chip-shaped triangles.
Most nacho recipes leave us feeling bloated and like we’ve overindulged, but not this healthy nachos recipe! We never thought peppers could be used in place of tortilla chips, but now we can’t imagine making nachos any other way. In this short video, Chris will show you how to make this healthy nachos recipe at home.
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Looking for a healthy yet crowd pleasing appetizer for your next party? We have got the thing for you. Hi, I'm Chris Freytag and today I'm going to show you how to make Southwestern Sweet Pepper Nachos. These are perfect for game days yet easy enough for even a healthy late night snack. To get started, use approximately four red bell peppers, you can you can use more or less depending on how many people you're going to feed.
And then wash your peppers, remove the stems, and cut them in half. Remove the seeds and slice the peppers into small triangles, or whatever shape you'd like, to resemble tortilla chips. Once you cut your peppers, arrange them onto a baking sheet for your oven preparation. You're going to sprinkle with about four ounces of shredded pepper jack cheese, and another four ounces of black beans. Place them under the broiler, and then go ahead broil until cheese is melted and peppers are roasted.
Cover with about a half cup of salsa, a dollop of sour cream. How about add some sliced green onion? And I gotta tell you, everybody is going to love these Southwestern sweet pepper nachos.
They look delicious. I'm thinking about substituting thin sliced sweet potatoes instead of peppers, but may need to microwave them before broiling to get them soft enough.