Kid Pleasing Stuffed Peppers

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Lean ground beef
6		Sweet bell peppers - any color but green
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Brown rice - cooked
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Chopped onions
1		Garlic clove - minced, (optional)
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried basil
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried thyme
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon juice
3 cups	711ml	Tomato sauce
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Spread the ground beef on a perforated broiler tray, and broil close to heat source to brown the meat and melt the fat (or use leftover cooked, lean hamburgers, broken up).

Meanwhile, prepare the pepper cases: Neatly slice off the tops of the peppers and set aside. Remove and discard the seeds and membranes.

To Make the Filling: Mash the cooked hamburger with a fork and put it in a deep bowl. Add the rice, onions, salt and pepper to taste, garlic, herbs and lemon juice. Add one cup of the tomato sauce and mix well, until all ingredients are blended (add more sauce if needed).

Pack the meat mixture into the pepper cases. Stand the peppers up in a nonstick casserole or deep baking dish just large enough to hold them without tipping over. Pour the remaining tomato sauce over the peppers. Cover each pepper with its top. Bake uncovered in a preheated 350 degree oven until tender-firm (about 30 minutes).

Suggested serving is one pepper per person.

Source:
SLIM GOURMET by Barbara Gibbons - From the 12-11-1991 issue - The Springfield Union-News

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