Beef / Pork

Best Stuffed Peppers is for Dinner.

Best Stuffed Peppers takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Best Stuffed Peppers takes 30 minutes to cook.

Best Stuffed Peppers makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Best Stuffed Peppers are:

3.5 tsp olive oil (divided)
16 oz Mild Italian sausage (I used bulk ?sweet? sausage)
1 zucchini, diced small
1 yellow onion, diced small
1 clove garlic, minced
? cup Parmesan cheese, grated
2 cups COOKED brown rice
? cup fresh bread crumbs
4 LARGE bell peppers (any color)
Salt and Pepper

Here is how you make Best Stuffed Peppers:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put a silpat on a baking sheet (alternately, oil the baking sheet). In a large skillet, heat 1 tsp oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat with wooden spoon, until browned. Remove from pan and put into large bowl. Add 1 tsp oil to pan and cook onion, zucchini and garlic until tender, about 8 minutes. Add zucchini mixture to bowl, along with sausage, parmesan, rice and 1 tsp oil. Stir to combine, and season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs with ? tsp oil, and salt and pepper. Cut the pepper length-wise, and remove seeds and membranes. Fill each of the 8 halves with the rice mixture. Then top with the bread crumbs. Cook for 30 minutes, or until the crumbs are brown and the peppers are tender. Serve warm.Serving Size: Makes 8 servingsNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ALLUVION.

The nutritional information for Best Stuffed Peppers is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 321.9

• Total Fat: 16.9 g
• Cholesterol: 42.5 mg
• Sodium: 113.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 26.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
• Protein: 14.8 g