Stuffed Bell Peppers

Stuffed Bell Peppers are another one of our family favorites. In my roaster I can fit 12 big bell peppers as you can see. Cut the stems out of the peppers with a paring knife and remove the seeds and some of the light colored membrane from the inside. I then take the ground turkey, you can use ground beef if you'd like, and put it in a bowl with and all the other ingredients below. Except for the topping that goes on after the peppers are cooked. Take your best tools in your kitchen, your hands and mix together . Once mixed, stuff your peppers, arrange them in your roasting pan and add water about a quarter of the way up the peppers. Put in your 375 degree oven cook till done,about 2 hours. Peppers will be nice and soft and the meat will be popping out of the top, depending on how much meat you put in. Then take your remaining ingredients and stir together and then pour on top of your peppers bake for another 15 minuet or so till you get a little browning going on or till heated through and cooked a bit. When done serve over a bed of rice or mashed potatoes.

12 green bell peppers
2 pounds of ground turkey or beef
2 cups of rice
teaspoon or so of salt (small palm full)
some cracked black pepper
a sprinkle of garlic salt
2 whole raw eggs
Tablespoon or so of Worcestershire sauce ( a few good splashes)
1/4 or so of ketchup (a good squirt all around)
If you have fresh parsley you can add a small palm full of  that. I only use it if i have some.

Sauce for the Top
1 large can of tomato sauce or take a can of whole or chopped tomatoes and blend them up till you have sauce
about a half a teaspoon of sugar
about a half a teaspoon dry Basil
stir them together and take a taste, see if there is enough sugar. I always tell me kids take a sniff, it smell a little like canned spaghetti O's. They get a kick out if.

Top it with Fresh Basil as a garnish if your lucky to have some in the house. We always have a plant or two  growing in the summer to pinch off of when needed. Then you are ready to eat!!