Italian Stuffed Bell Peppers

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups water, divided
• 1 1/2 cups minute brown rice, uncooked
• 1 lb ground sirloin
• 1 small zucchini, chopped
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat spaghetti sauce, divided
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided
• 3 large bell peppers (green, yellow or red)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 bring 1 1/2 cups of the water to boil in a medium saucepan. add rice; cover and simmer 5 minutes. remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, brown ground sirloin and italian seasoning.
• 4 once meat is browned, add in chopped zucchini, 1 cup of spaghetti sauce, 1 cup of cheese, and the cooked rice. stir well.
• 5 clean and cut peppers in half, removing seeds. place into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• 6 spoon the meat mixture into peppers.
• 7 top with the remaining 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce and 1/2 cup cheese.
• 8 add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of the dish, cover with foil. bake 30 minutes.