Today I am more than honored to trade blogs with Kym from Free Spirit Eater as a guest poster. I have always admired Kym’s culinary school level dishes that look both gorgeous and delicious, and have been lucky enough to make friends with her after fangirling quite a bit. Kym is extremely nice, creative, and has recently embarked on a quest to eat more healthily, another thing we have in common. So today, let her seduce you to a droolworthy, good-for-you dish that will convert you to the light side!
Hello Healthy Foodie Travelers!
I am very excited to be guest posting here on Kiri’s fabulous food blog. We met on the web not even that long ago, after reading her about me page, stalking her wife’s hard to get your eyes off of website, and a few blog posts later I was hooked! After Kiri won an avocado cutter giveaway on my site and the first email between us was exchanged, we instantly clicked. She is a TOTAL sweetheart, smart, funny, inspirational and just a great whole hearted person all around. It’s not often I come across such kind and caring individuals but I was lucky enough to have found a friend in Kiri. =]
Okay enough butt kissing, here’s a little about myself…
I am a 22 year old who has way too much going on in her mind to begin putting the list of my responsibilities in order. Well I’ll just start with my love for food. I write poetry about it, I day dream about it, I love it and at times have even hated it. And not the, I hate Brussels sprouts kind of way (although I LIVE for Brussels sprouts), I looked at my favorite foods as a form of escape. Emotions lay behind each bite and guilt behind each smile. I looked at food as my lover and my enemy. But after years of hiding behind fast food labels, arriving home with tears instead of jeans from the mall and day dreaming about what it would be like to not have to say, do you have that in a bigger size? My fiancé and I changed our life styles. With the approval from my doctor, nutrition and exercise advice from my trainer and never ending love and support from my fiancé, I am on a journey to better my mental and physical health.
What does any of this have to do with stuffed peppers?!
Kiri’s blog was one of the final pushes I needed to stop being a coward hiding behind the “I’m happy being unhealthy” fake smile. I hope to be able to document a weight loss success story in the making. Maintaining the life style won’t be easy but seeing Kiri’s dramatic change along with the health and happiness that came with it is enough to keep me motivated. I’m not saying I need to be a size 0, but I need to be healthy. I used to hate veggies, brown rice and squash, luckily these are all ingredients I now love and have included in this recipe to share with you.
Thanks for sticking around through the post guys, it was great contributing to Healthy Foodie Travels and hope to get to know some of you better as well. Thank you for having me Kiri, I wish you the best, I hope you can inspire more people who need that wake-up call like I did. =]
Nutritional Facts (Per Serving)
172 calories
1.4 grams of fat
36 grams of carbs
198% Vitamin C
- 5oz of poached or grilled salmon, flaked
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1/8 cup of red onion, minced
- 1/4 cup of zucchini, diced
- 1/4 cup of yellow squash, diced
- 1/4 cup tomatoes peeled, seeded and diced
- 2 cups of cooked long grain brown rice
- 2 fresh basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon of fresh oregano
- 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1 yellow pepper
- ½ green pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large pan, sauté onions and garlic on medium high until light brown. Then add squashes and tomato continue cooking.
- Cook out tomato liquid, and then add cooked brown rice. Add water and sauté vigorously for 1-2 minutes.
- Cut the heat, add flaked salmon, herbs and season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss until evenly combined. Set aside to cool.
- Grab your peppers and slice from top to bottom. Seed, de-stem and remove the ribs. Once rice mixture is cooled, stuff peppers until evenly filled.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes on a lightly oiled sheet pan, makes 3 stuffed peppers.
And now that I am a blushing, grinning puddle of mush after all the kind words from Kym, let met just thank her profoundly for not only being both inspiring and one of the sweetest, most helpful people in the food blogging world, but also for guesting on my humble little blog. Thank you!!
Now go check out what I cooked up on her blog! 
I want to try and have guest posts here on a fairly regular basis, since I have enjoyed guest posting for other blogs and think it’s a great way to find new blogs and/or readers. If you would like to guest post here, please email me at healthyfoodietravels@gmail.com!
They definitely look healthier with all that list of ingredients.
Yes, I think this looks like a fantastic alternative!
Wow that looks really amazing! It looks really colorful and fresh. It also got me thinking it’s been a while we had salmon at home. I really have to try some fresh recipe like this more often.
I am dying to try this recipe
Salmon is always so nice.
Salmon is that one fish we simply adore and using it for this stuffed peppers are awesome.
Agreed!
Kym and Kiri… .Amazing job!! Kym these look so colorful and healthy!! I would eat a green and yellow one without one bit of guilt!! Well done ladies!! Kiri is an amazing example of what healthy eating can do for someone and Kym we are all here to back you up on your journey!! I need to walk a few miles of that journey with you too.
Thank you so much!
Haha, yes, I think these are fantastic, Kym really outdid herself!
yumm!! what a great alternative to traditional stuffed peppers!
Doesn’t it look lovely?
What a wonderful story of friendship – and the power of food and blogs! It’s never easy to change the way you eat, and I love your outlook that it’s not about getting to a size zero but about being healthy and happy. These stuffed peppers look unbelievably delicious! I’ve never had them with salmon but it’s a great way to get some extra protein in there.
Definitely!
I am so very proud of Kym, she’s doing so well!
Please don’t ever try to get so size 0. Love how you both got together with this guest posting on your sites – what a super team. And all these colourful vegetables are definitely a healthy and delicious team in the stuffed peppers. Love the basil in there and I do hope you’re using Scottish salmon, Lol!
Thank you!
I love Kym’s creativity, and hey, when I make this, I’ll do my best to find Scottish salmon 
Thank you so much Kiri for having me today! And thank you to everyone for your sweet and kind comments! Sure it may seem like a long list of ingredients, but they’re small amounts of fresh veggies and herbs that aren’t bad for you at all. Someone recently fed me a stuffed pepper full of cheese, sauce, breadcrumbs etc, these are a fraction of the calories, fat content etc, while providing a full feeling without the guilt. =]
I think this is a stunning recipe, and I’m not intimidated by the ingredient list
I am so happy to have you here!
Oh, these stuffed peppers sound fabulous, Kym!!! Another wonderful, healthy dish that tastes as good as it looks! Off to read Kiri’s post on your site~
Didn’t she make the perfect dish?
I love it.
Oh my! I’ve never thought to stuff peppers with salmon, but the results look positively delicious! They are making my mouth water as I type.
I know, same here! I can’t wait to try Kym’s recipe!
What a neat idea of using Salmon in the filling!Never thought of that!
Me neither, that’s why I love Kym’s blog, she always has such wonderful ideas
I LOVE stuffed peppers, this looks SO good.
Same here! Using salmon is brilliant
Oh Kiri, what an amazing idea..I love Kym and her blog!!!! Kym this is such a beautiful dish! I never made it that way..you will see how I am making it on Monday! Great job ladies!!! I enjoyed your post!!!
Agreed, I am such a fangirl
I always love what she creates!
Love this blog swap! I love salmon, but I’ve never thought about using salmon for stuffed peppers! This looks wonderful!
Same here, I think it’s genius
It’s on my menu plan!
I’m so glad everyone liked it! I tested them by sending my trainer home with some and she hugged me the next day. I can’t thank you enough for having me Kiri, you have been so kind to me! <3 Mwahzz =]
Haha, that’s a great way to recipe test!
She sounds like a great lady.