Healthy Recipes

Directions

1. Preheat oven (and prepare rice)

   Preheat oven to 400°, and in the meantime, cook your rice if necessary.

2. Sauté onion and diced pepper

   In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and cook the onion and pepper until they're soft.

3. Add in garlic

   Add garlic and cook just until fragrant.

4. Stir in tomato paste

   Stir in tomato paste and cook for another minute.

5. Add in ground beef

   Add ground beef and cook through until there is no pink breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Once cooked drain off as much fat as possible.

6. Combine remaining ingredients

   Stir in cooked rice and the tomato sauce, then season with oregano, thyme, chili flakes (if using), salt, and pepper.

7. Simmer briefly

   Let simmer until liquid has been absorbed by the rice and reduced slightly.

8. Spoon mixture into peppers and bake

   Place peppers in your baking dish and drizzle with oil. Spoon beef mixture into each pepper, then cover the baking dish with foil and bake for about about 35 minutes or until the peppers are tender.

9. Sprinkle with cheese and broil

   Pull off the foil and then sprinkle each pepper with cheese, then bake on high under the broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly (roughly 5 minutes).

10. Garnish and serve

    Garnish with parsley and serve immediately!