Organic Hot House Bell Peppers

Pick your favourite colour - red, orange or yellow; we have them all! An excellent source of Vitamins C, A, K and B6. You can trust organic peppers to provide you with the essential nutrients you need. Our stem cut bell peppers are tunnel grown and allowed to mature to full colour before harvesting.

One of the "dirty dozen", bell peppers have thin skins that don't offer much of a barrier to pesticides and they are often heavily sprayed with insecticides. Organic bell peppers let you enjoy all the flavour without the worry. (source: the daily green)

Look for peppers of uniform shape, size and colour. When selecting your peppers also check them for firmness and freedom from any defects such as cracks, decay or sunburn.

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Stuffed peppers recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef

• 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix

• 3/4 cup water

• 2 teaspoons chili powder

• 1/2 cup cooked rice

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce, divided

• 3 large red bell peppers

• 6 (1 inch) cubes Colby-Jack cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

2. Place the ground beef into a skillet over medium heat, and brown the meat, breaking it apart into crumbles as it cooks, about 8 minutes. Drain excess fat. Stir in the taco seasoning, water, chili powder, cooked rice, salt, garlic salt, black pepper, and 1 can of tomato sauce; mix until thoroughly combined. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, and remove stems, membranes, cores, and seeds. Place a steamer insert into a large saucepan, and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Place the peppers into the steamer insert, cover the pan, and steam until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes.

4. Place the steamed peppers into the prepared baking dish, and fill lightly with the meat filling. Press 1 cube of Colby-Jack cheese into the center of the filling in each pepper, and spoon the remaining can of tomato sauce over the peppers. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.

5. Bake in the preheated oven until the peppers are tender and the filling is hot, 25 to 30 minutes.

Nutritional Information Stuffed peppers recipe:

Amount Per Serving Calories: 322 | Total Fat: 18.5g | Cholesterol: 73mg

Recipe from www.allrecipes.com