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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

healthy, delicious, and nutritious?

I forgot to mention easy too!

I'm talking about the Stuffed Peppers I made for dinner last night! I've made them before from a recipe, but this time I just winged it, and they turned out better than ever! I never write my recipes down, but this time I did because I want to be able to recreate this!

Thank goodness Josh took a TwitPic of it!

Here's all you do:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown 1lb. ground beef, add 1 medium white onion, 1 tbs. minced garlic, salt & pepper, 1 tbs. Worcheshire sauce, fresh basil, 1 jar of your favorite mariana sauce (I used Bertolli Olive & Garlic sauce this time - Buy 1 Get 1 Free at Publix!), 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese, and about 1/2 cup of firmly cooked Orzo pasta. Just drain the pasta and add to meat sauce, mix everything together and fill 4 large bell peppers.
Pop it in the oven for about 45 minuets and periodically add any additional sauce to the top of the baking peppers. Top with mozzarella cheese a few minuets before the baking is complete.

I am looking forward to having the leftovers for dinner tonight!

7 comments:

MelanieAugust 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Yum Lauren! I was wondering how you made your stuffed peppers! I'll have to give them a whirl later this week! Thanks for posting your recipe!
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The ReaderAugust 5, 2009 at 8:05 AM
I was just thinking of making this for dinner, and needing to find a recipe -- looks like you have a great one! YUM!
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AnonymousAugust 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Ok I just ate my lunch but looking at the picture made me hungry all over again! Looks SUPER yummy! I'll definitely have to try this! Thanks for sharing!!

kristi.guillory
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PernoAugust 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Stuffed peppers are freaking awesome! Nice work Lo!
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SkyelynnAugust 5, 2009 at 3:31 PM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Stuffed Bell Peppers. I've also stuffed ours with "Dirty Rice" by Zatarans. SO GOOD!
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AllisonAugust 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Thanks for sharing the recipe, I'll definitely try this!
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AnonymousOctober 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM
I just followed your recipe and they were SO good! Thanks for sharing!
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