Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers are a favorite and very easy to make. You can do a basic stuffed pepper or you can "jazz" it up a bit.

NEED:
This recipe is for 3 peppers.
One green pepper per person ( use big peppers ) You can use red peppers if you like.
ground beef ( about 1 to 1 1/2 cups per pepper )
onion
salt
pepper
shredded cheese
tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce
rice

Cut the tops off the peppers and remove the seeds. Rinse the peppers and set aside. Fill a pot with water and bring to a boil. Place the peppers in the water, return to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. Remove from water, with tongs,drain and place in a baking dish. The baking dish needs to be big enough for the peppers to sit next to each other, to hold each other up.
Brown the ground meat and drain. Add diced onion, the amount you want to add...I use about 1/2 cup. Add 1 1/2 cups of instant rice and 1 cup of shredded cheese, salt and pepper to taste and 1 1/2 cups of the tomato sauce. If it seems a bit dry, add more sauce. Stir and simmer for about 3 minutes.
With a spoon fill each pepper. Press the mixture down, lightly.
Top each pepper with some cheese and a spoon of tomato sauce.
Place in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes.

To add some flavor and veggies to the peppers go to the fridge. Have any left over veggies? Corn, peas, carrots, mushrooms..anything you want. Make sure to cut the carrots to small size and the same with the mushrooms. Add them all or add a few. It is a great way to get your family to eat more veggies and serve a wonderful, family favorite.

ENJOY!