Mini Sweet Pepper Sheet Pan Nachos
by Tracy Shaw
Switch up taco night for nacho night! These Mini Sweet Pepper Nachos are ready in under 20 minutes, making them perfect for an easy weeknight meal.
Are you looking for an easy, healthy, and flavorful meal that the whole family will enjoy? Then you are going to love this recipe for healthy sheet pan nachos. Don’t you just love meals that come together quickly, that everyone looks forward to enjoying?
Back to school season is here and that can make mealtimes hectic. Especially after the slow, lazy days of summer.
Now that it’s time to get back in the swing of things, you need healthy and delicious meals that don’t take a lot of time to prepare. You also want to make meals that you know your family is going to look forward to.
This recipe for sheet pan nachos with mini sweet bell peppers, sweet onions (you can also use red onions), Mexican cheese crumbles, corn, and jalapenos is a fun twist on Taco Tuesday that the whole family will enjoy! This meal takes only ten minutes of prep time so you can have dinner on the table fast.
To make these tasty nachos you will need mini sweet peppers cut into chip shapes, then you will add some tortilla chips, a diced onion, Mexican crumble cheese, some sliced black olives, sliced jalapeno peppers, corn, fresh cilantro, and lime cut into thin wedges.
If you wanted to add some protein to this meal you easily could. Taco meat, shredded chicken, shredded pork, grilled steak, or even fish would be an amazing addition to this dish. It’s also a great way to use up leftover meat you might have had from a previous meal.
This is a versatile dish that is easy to make. You could add black beans, salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, or green onions if you wanted to. Take the recipe and make it your own based on your family’s preferences.
Sheet pan nachos are a great meal to put into the rotation for your back to school meal plans. Meal planning is a great way to save time, and money, and reduce food waste too.
Simply plan your meals, make your grocery list, head to the store and you’ll return home with all of the food that you need for delicious meals all week long. Need some help picking out the freshest produce to feed your family? Check out these produce tips for how to pick, prep, and store all your favorite fruits and vegetables!
Dinner time doesn’t have to be a hassle, especially if you use meal planning to make it easier. Sheet pan meals are simple dinners where you can cook your meat and veggies together on one pan, and that means less clean-up too.
Take the stress out of dinner, by using meal plans, and easy recipes that are packed full of healthy nutrients too. Pack as many vitamins into your family’s meals as you can to keep those immune systems running at their best, especially as school starts back.
Alright, let’s make some mini sweet pepper nachos, shall we?!
Mini Sweet Pepper Sheet Pan Nachos
Equipment
- Sheet pan
Ingredients
- 8 oz Mini Sweet Peppers cut into a chip shape
- 7 oz tortilla chips
- ½ cup onion diced. We used sweet onion, you can also use red onion.
- ½ cup corn canned or fresh is fine
- ½ cup queso fresco cheese
- ¼ cup black olives
- ¼ cup Jalapeno peppers fresh sliced
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves
- 1 lime cut into thin wedges
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Place the peppers and tortilla chips onto a sheet pan.
- Layer on cheese and other veggies.
- Bake for 3 to 5 minutes, just to warm everything up.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro and fresh lime wedges.
Notes
Nutrition
If you can’t get enough of these amazing sweet peppers there are some other recipes that you might enjoy. Like these smashed chickpea salad stuffed mini peppers. This dish is perfect for school lunches or a protein-packed after school snack before sports practice.
If you have a family of pizza lovers you might love this recipe for mini sweet pepper pizzas! You could serve these mini pepper pizzas for a movie night treat, after school snack, or for dinner!
