Mama’s Stuffed Peppers: A delicious change from the ordinary!

Ingredients:

• 3 lb ground beef
• 1 onion chopped fine
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 red pepper chopped fine
• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 1 can green chillies
• 1 can black beans
• 1 cup corn
• 1 pkg taco seasoning
• 4 Bell Peppers (Red, Yellow, Orange or Green – your choice)

Instructions:

Cook ground beef, drain fat, add taco seasoning. Let cool for a few min’s while you cut the tops of the peppers and remove the inner membranes (a melon baler works great for this). Coat the peppers in a bit of olive oil and roast upside down in a 450 oven for 10-15 min’s. While the peppers are roasting, mix the cooked ground beef with the rest of the ingredients. Let peppers cool for just a few so you can easily handle them. Turn peppers right side up place in a roasting pan and fill with 1 cup mix and top with shredded cheese. Bake for 15-20 min.

These freeze great stuffed as is or I often times make up the mix use a few peppers for dinner that night then freeze the rest of the mix in 1-2 cup portions and save for when peppers are on sale. This also works well for lettuce wraps, tacos or stuffed cabbage leaves.