Most stuffed peppers come out with crunchy peppers and a dry filling. The fix is to roast the empty halves first, so they soften, and to keep the filling slightly saucy, as it soaks up liquid in the oven. They reheat well, so make the full batch.

Two pepper halves have about 40g of protein for around 450 calories, from lean turkey, quinoa and mozzarella. Turkey mince is one of the leanest minced meats you can buy, so the protein comes without much fat.
Quinoa does more than bulk it out. It contains all nine essential amino acids, which is unusual for a plant food, and adds fibre. Together with the peppers, tomatoes and spinach, a serving has about 8g of fibre.
Red peppers are one of the richest everyday sources of vitamin C, and each serving counts as at least two of your 5 a day. Roasting softens them and brings out their sweetness, which is why there is no sugar in the sauce.
With plenty of protein, fibre and vegetables and a modest amount of carbohydrate, this is a good fit for steady blood sugar. That is useful around menopause, when the risk of type 2 diabetes rises: see menopause and diabetes risk.
Make it vegetarian by swapping the turkey for two 400g tins of drained black beans or green lentils; the protein will be lower, at about 25g a serving. For another lean turkey dinner, try the turkey meatballs with courgetti.