Recently I was watching Ellie Krieger on the Food Channel and she was making Greek Stuffed Peppers. Well! Greek? Stuffed? and, well, anyway….they looked so good I decided to try them. They were super easy to make (check), looked pretty (check) and tasted really good (check)! I really like Ellie’s recipies because they’re healthy but actually taste good too. Here’s the recipe:
Stuffed Greek Peppers
1 pound lean ground beef
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 medium zucchini, coarsely grated (about 2 cups) zucchini haters: you don’t really taste it
1 small onion, minced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup bulghur I substituted rice
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 red bell peppers, halved lengthwise, cores and ribs removed I used green
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans low-sodium stewed tomatoes, finely chopped
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese more if you’re a cheese lover
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulghur or rice, egg, oregano, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until thoroughly combined. I used dried oregano but will use fresh next time. Squishing the mixture all together is the fun part – tip: wear surgical gloves to keep the goo from getting under your nails.
Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture. Use bigger peppers than I did – these were what I had on hand.
Pour the tomatoes over the peppers and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 25 minutes longer. Next time I’ll add some of the cheese into the mixture too. Getting a bite with the cheese was esp delish.
This is out of the oven.
Serve on your favorite yellow rose dinnerware with a side salad.
The mixture freezes well too. One more thing I would add to the mix is Tabasco–obviously this is a Yankee recipe as the seasoning is not quite up to N’awlins standards! Enjoy!
Wow! With tomatoes and feta! That sounds delicious. (We had rice dressing tonight, kinda like the stuffed peppers without the pepper.)
those look fantastic!
Oh, yum! Look even better than the home-cooked red beans I came home to!
These look very tasty!! Making me hungry!!
I can’t wait till I try this one! They look delectable. Thanks for sharing.
Daaaaaaannng.