For some reason, I have always considered stuffed peppers "out of my league." They have always seemed "fancier" than my usual taste in food. After coming across a few random stuffed pepper recipes the past couple weeks, I decided to go for it. They took about 45 minutes to make (ok ok, maybe an hour and a half, I didn't really pay attention, but the cookbook only said 45 minutes!) and I felt like the final result should win an award for appearance! Perfectly upright peppers, stuffed to the top and topped with JUST the right ammount of sauce and cheese to not run over the edges and give it a pretty little look.
Matt and I sat down with our peppers on our plates... and looked at it, poked at it... and realized we had no idea how to go about eating it. We can fake cooking out of our league, but can't fake eating out of our league! Eventually we decided a knife would be useful and we dug in. Amazingly FILLING meal. The stuffing was made out of rice, ground beef, some onion, diced tomatoes, pepper jack cheese and parsley... honestly the flavors were a little bland. After going back to some of the other stuffed pepper recipes I came across, I think I have a good idea of some different herbs and spices I am going to throw in next time we attempt stuffed peppers. Once it's really delicious, I'll be sure to post the recipe. :)
After we managed to figure out how to eat our stuffed peppers, we learned that for a "light main dish" they are quite filling. So we ended up throwing the two extras away. Such a waste, but they wouldn't have kept well. It wasn't too upsetting because they were fun to make and tasted pretty good! Recipe soon to come :)
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