Week 9: Stuffed Peppers

For this, I decided to mix a few 'recipes.'
I wanted to go with n normal meatloaf in a pepper instead of adding rice or making Italian sausage.
So, I made a basic meatloaf recipe:

I mixed
about 1 lb of ground beef
2 eggs
a bunch of bread crumbs (i used whole wheat because that it what i had, but i don't think i makes a difference either way)
some seasonings: Oregano, basil, parsley, onion (about 1/2 fresh or some powder) and garlic (two cloves fresh or some powder)
the difference between this recipe and meatloaf is the eggplant and green pepper I added (this is kinda copies from Michele)
So, I actually broiled a green pepper and a small/medium eggplant so that it was soft but still a little undercooked and chopped them into cubes. I added about 1/3 of this to the meat mixture and left the rest off to the side.
Then I used two red peppers which i cut in half (cut the long way so that the stem is split in half, then remove stem and seeds)

So, I stuffed the peppers with the meat mixture and cooked them at 200 degrees C for about 40 minutes.

With the rest of the mixture and the rest of the vegetables I made a pasta sauce.
I started the sauce as soon as put the peppers in the oven. I cooked the ingredients on medium in a pot until the meat was cooked, then i added a can of chopped tomatoes and a can of tomato puree. (you can just use a jar of sauce) and i cooked it for the amount of time the peppers were in the oven

ENJOY