Stuffed Green Peppers

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Stuffed Green Peppers:
Original Recipe Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup uncooked white rice
• 3 large green bell peppers, halved and seeded
• 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef (or you could use ground turkey)
• 1 onion, diced
• garlic powder to taste
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 cups finely shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Place green bell peppers in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Remove peppers from the water and set aside in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the ground beef; drain. Return to heat and mix in onion, cooked rice, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Pour in tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Let simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
5. Spoon the meat mixture onto each half of the green peppers. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until mixture begins to turn golden brown.
6. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top of each stuffed pepper. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is lightly browned, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Adapted from:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kelseys-Favorite-Stuffed-Green-Peppers/Detail.aspx

Easy Taco Night with Veggies!!

Easy Taco Night with Veggies! - One of our favorites! I literally eat 5 of these tacos all by myself (that's my plate pictured!) with no sides because I just love the tacos that much!! :) I crave these tacos sometimes, they are that good to me! haha

Ingredients:

• Taco Kit (we like Taco Bell's hard shell taco kit)
• Ground turkey or beef
• 1 or 2 onions (your preference)
• 1 or 2 bell peppers (your preference)
• Olive Oil or Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• shredded cheese (we use the shredded nacho/mexican cheese)
• and any other toppings you may want (pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, etc.) 

Directions: 

1. Slice bell peppers and onions, put enough olive oil to cover the bottom or a lil less and turn on medium-high heat and add veggies. Stir/mix up with tongs while cooking. Cook until it is how you like it, I like to cook ours until they are very soft and a little browned.
2. While the veggies are cooking, brown the ground turkey/beef and follow the rest of the directions on taco kit box...and you can go ahead and have the oven pre-heating also for the hard taco shells.
3. Prepare and enjoy your tacos once everything is done! :) Great with a side of beans or Mexican rice!