Stuffed peppers WITHOUT rice

[debilorrah]

Just bugged, I knew that.

I am pretty resourceful cook, but I don't like stuffed peppers so I rarely make them. What I wound up doing was browning the meat with onion and garlic, crushed red pepper, three cheese spaghetti sauce and cheddar cheese. I used a little bit of curly pasta (tri-colored). I have to go with what is in the house. I will now make sure I have cous cous on hand in the future. I usually have SOMETHING on hand. Not tonight!

I have them in at 400 for 20 minutes.... Stuffed already.

 

[babymakes6]

Oh, you have cheddar cheese?

 

[justbugged]

That's good that you can translate. I didn't like stuffed peppers until I came up with not overcooking the peppers. Hot but still crunchy. I make them every once in while now. I like brown long grain rice in them. I think it has more flavor, and of course better for us. I like to think of recipes as suggestions. I now have a recipe for potato salad that I actually like. This was another thing that my mother wasn't really good at making. I got the recipe off the back of a mayo jar. What I make no longer resembles that recipe on the back of the box.

 

[pdxblossom]

Quinoa! True, it looks like tiny snails but it satisfies in a way that only pasta can. The dieter's perfect carb . . .

 

[Wifezilla]

It's supposed to be a good complete protein anyway.

 

[debilorrah]

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I went less than 24 hours without my cheese.

 

[BoerneChickens]

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Quinoa is great - it is actually a whole grain - not a pasta - it is high in both protein and fiber. I use it all the time instead of rice - my kids (8 and 10) love it and its better for us.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

There is a pasta called "Orzo" looks like rice but is pasta (here is link to what it looks like) . We make an Orzo salad out of it - just like making Macaroni but use Orzo instead. I also make it like rice for Risotto - great sub for someone who doesn't like rice but will eat pasta.

Your peppers sounded really good the way you did them in the end.

Sandee


http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID34422/images/orzo.jpg

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Great idea!!! I never thought of that.

I was thinking Orzo, it looks just like rice (you'd just have to be careful not to overcook it)

 

[HHandbasket]

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I'm with you and was also going to suggest quinoa. It's also high in protein and is a whole grain.

I've had gastric bypass surgery and cannot eat rice anymore. Quinoa is a wonderful high-protein substitute.