Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

Total Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef
• 4 -6 bell peppers (depending on size)
• 6 -8 slices bread (either fresh or stale)
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 2 -3 tablespoons v 8 vegetable juice or 2 -3 tablespoons tomato juice
• 1 roma tomato (or equivalent)
• 1 tablespoon dried breadcrumbs (store bought)
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 brown the ground beef and finely dice the tomato.
• 2 add the v-8 or tomato juice and seasoning until all ingredients are warm then remove from heat. roll the bread slices in your hands over the meat sauce one at a time and mix with the sauce. ( you want enough bread to soak up the liquid to make the final product moist but not soupy). remove the tops and all seeds from the peppers.
• 3 spoon enough of the meat mixture into each pepper to fill to the top.
• 4 sprinkle the breadcrumbs and then the cheese on top of each filled pepper so that the meat mixture is covered.
• 5 place the peppers in a casserole dish with approx 1/4 inch water and cook in a 350 d egree oven until each pepper is soft to the touch (approx 45-60 minutes). this recipe can also be used for stuffed tomatoes but the cooking time will be shorter.
• 6 enjoy !