Beefy Vegetable Stuffed Peppers
Beefy Vegetable Stuffed Peppers
Course
Main Dish
Servings
6
Servings
6
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
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
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)
Recipe Notes