Stuffed Peppers

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The night that Craig got called back into work (June 26th) was the same night that I decided to attempt a stuffed pepper recipe. Unfortunately, Craig had to leave before dinner was ready, so I enjoyed the peppers by myself.

I've been on the hunt for a healthy stuffed pepper recipe and I think I found one!

Stuffed Peppers (click on link for recipe)

Ingredients for 2 servings:
1/2 cup brown rice
1 tsp olive oil
1 small onion, diced
8 ounces 95% lean ground beef
1 15 ounce can of no salt added diced tomatoes
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup water
4 large green bell peppers

I tweaked the recipe a little bit to serve 3. I'm on a quest to make Craig eat more since he works out so much :) I used 1 cup of rice, 12 ounces of lean ground beef, almost a full tsp of oregano, basil and paprika, a pinch more than a 1/4 tsp of salt, 1 cup water and 5 peppers. I had enough of the filling left over to fill 6 peppers, but I only bought 5. I also used a mix of yellow and green peppers.

The recipe didn't include cheese, but we LOVE cheese! It's obviously not as healthy, but it tastes better! I added the cheese right before I put the peppers in the oven. Overall the recipe was really easy to make and it was delicious. I would even consider using the filling in other recipes, like enchiladas.

Here's the link to the recipe again, Stuffed Peppers

ENJOY!