Green peppers are among the most nutritious veggies out there. Slightly sour and (sometimes) lightly hot, they bring the best earthy flavor to brighten up any dish. Our list has it all, from recipes for fresh salads to comforting cozy stews. Shall we?
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Why You’ll Love These Recipes
- 🫑 Crisp and flavorful. Think gentle bite, and the freshest aroma!
- 🥘 Perfect for any course. Versatility abounds in these salads, stews and sides.
- 💚 Vibrant and wholesome. Vitamins? Check! Nutrients? Check!
- 🍳 Budget Friendly. As always, we bring you quick and budget friendly delicacies.
- Shopska Salad
Shopska salad combines crisp green and red peppers with tomatoes, cucumbers, and hard, salty cheese with the simplest homemade vinaigrette. Perfectly balanced between sweet and savory flavors.
Sunshine in a salad!
- Classic Satarash
Classic satarash is a timeless stew, consisting of sautéed green and red peppers, onions, and tomatoes until soft and flavorful. This dish feels like home.
A classic you'll make all year long.
- Egg Satarash
Egg satarash is all about eggs that melt beautifully into sautéed peppers, onions, and tomatoes. A rich, colorful breakfast!
A Balkan cozy classic!
- Djuveč
Djuveč (Balkan ratatouille) brings together green peppers, red peppers, tomatoes, and seasonable veggies into a colorful vegetable dish. Aromatic with every spoonful.
Flavorful, filling and cozy.
- Veggie Risotto
Veggie risotto with red peppers and green peppers is light, creamy lunch. Roasted pepper flavor is the truest comfort food with a garden-fresh twist.
Classically colorful.
- Paprikash
Chicken paprikash is an incredible chicken stew made with a vegetable medley including the most delicious green peppers. Deep flavor and irresistible aroma.
If tradition had a flavor!
- Rich Couscous Sauce
Couscous with green and red peppers is tangy and flavorful. Busy day's best friend, this is one lightly spiced sauce that transforms any meal.
Because simplicity always wins.
Recipe Collections You'll Love
Here are some of our very favorite recipe collections including heartwarming soups, stews and beef dinners!
- Favorite Beef Dinners
- Amazing Pepper Recipes
- Red Pepper Recipes
- Best Stews
- Soups For The Soul
- Fall Soups
- Winter Soups
- Bosnian Pot
If there exists a perfect slow-cooked meal for sharing, it's the Bosnian Pot (bosanski lonac). Layers of meat, peppers, and several vegetables simmer slowly to perfection.
Just add bread (for dipping).
- Stuffed Baked Peppers
Stuffed baked peppers combines rice, ground beef, spices and peppers in the best away.
A rustic, elegant dish.
- Turšija
A jar full of crunch is the best way to define turšija is a Balkan-style pickled vegetable mix. Green peppers add an unforgettable flavor to this medley.
A crunchy tradition.
- Hash Brown Peppers
Our shredded potato stuffed peppers are the most unusual, tasty way to have stuffed green peppers. Crispy, golden and soft at the same time.
Irresistible flavor, breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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Prijatno, Dobar Tek, and Bon Appetit!
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