UnStuffed Peppers

One dish I really like is stuffed peppers, except I don’t care for large pieces of pepper.  As a kid, I just gave my pepper to my mom.  I think she ate everyone’s pepper and not much filling while the rest of us ate just the filling.  I revamped it to suit my family’s taste and to encourage my kids to eat the peppers (and me too).  The original recipe didn’t have nearly enough seasoning for us, so I upped the amounts – you can adjust them to your family’s taste.  This is also a great way to use up some leftovers – rice, peppers, hamburg, ends of bread, add some spices bake just long enough to heat through.

How pretty!  I normally only use green peppers to make this, but I had some leftover peppers from a veggie tray so I used them.

• 2-3 peppers, diced
• 1 lb ground beef browned with 1 small onion (or 1 tsp onion salt)
• Prepare 2 cups cooked rice

To the beef & onion, add the following:

• 1t salt
• 1t celery seed
• 1/2t paprika
• 1t curry powder
• 2T Worcestershire sauce

Mix well, then stir in the rice and peppers.  Top with bread crumbs.  Spread in a 9×9 pan and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.