Think outside the box for dinner tonight with Beefy Vegetable Stuffed Peppers!
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef
- Black pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 small onion minced
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oatmeal
- 1 medium zucchini coarsely grated
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
- 3 medium bell peppers cuthalf lengthwise, cored
- 2 14.5 cans no salt added diced tomatoes juice reserved
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ยฐF.
- In a large bowl, combine the beef, salt, pepper, oregano, onion, oatmeal, zucchini, egg, and spinach. Mix until well combined.
- Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9X13 baking dish and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture.
- Pour the tomatoes with their juices over the peppers.
- Cover with aluminum and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake the peppers until mixture inside peppers reaches 165 degrees. (about 30-45 more minutes)
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