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Freezer-Friendly Pizza-Stuffed Bell Peppers

stuffed peppers

Ingredients

Our Family® Canola Oil No Stick Cooking Spray

  • 4 large green and/or red bell peppers
  • 1 pound 80% lean ground beef
  • 1 cup finely chopped baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 ¼ cups Our Family® Shredded Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 cup Our Family® Homestyle Pizza Sauce
  • ½ cup chopped pepperoni slices
  • 3 Tbsp packed chopped fresh basil plus additional for garnish (optional)
  • 1 ½ tsp Our Family® Crushed Red Pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425°; spray 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. Slice 1/2 inch from top of peppers; remove seeds and inner membranes from peppers, and place, cut side up, in prepared dish. In large skillet, cook beef and mushrooms over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until beef is browned and mushrooms are tender, breaking up beef with side of spoon; remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup cheese, sauce, pepperoni, basil and crushed red pepper. Makes about 3 cups beef mixture.
  2. Fill peppers with beef mixture; bake 10 minutes. Sprinkle peppers with remaining 1/4 cup cheese; bake 10 minutes or until peppers are tender, and cheese is melted and lightly browned. Cool peppers completely; cover dish tightly with plastic wrap, then aluminum foil and freeze up to 2 months.
  3. To bake stuffed peppers, preheat oven to 425°; let dish stand at room temperature 15 minutes. Remove plastic wrap and aluminum foil; recover dish with foil and bake from frozen 1 hour or until internal temperature of filling reaches 165°. Makes 4 stuffed peppers.
  4. Serve peppers garnished with basil, if desired.

 

Approximate nutritional values per serving (1 stuffed pepper): 488 Calories, 30g Fat, 12g Saturated Fat, 107mg Cholesterol, 836mg Sodium, 18g Carbohydrates, 4g Fiber, 10g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 36g Protein

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