Red Bell Peppers taste best during the summer and early fall, so enjoy now!
1 Cup Contains:
39 calories 2 grams protein 9 grams carbs 3 grams fiber 0 grams fat
When you look at the nutritional information, it's clear to see why you need more of this tasty vegetable in your diet. Besides simply snacking on sliced raw peppers, here are some more suggestions: grilled; blended in a food processor with low fat sour cream, salt, and pepper for a tasty sauce or healthy dip; stuffed with low-fat ground beef and rice; on kebabs.
Facts:
Red peppers contain
- nearly 20% of your daily requirement of Vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant that heads off cell damage by busting free radicals that roam your blood stream.
- more immune-boosting vitamin C than oranges and almost twice the amount as their green cousins.
- beta-carotene which your body uses to manufacture vitamin A, lycopene, which gives the red peppers their hue, has been shown to lower the incidence of certain cancers.
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