SRC- 2 fer Stuffed Peppers and Loose Meat Sliders

SRC- 2 fer Stuffed Peppers and Loose Meat Sliders

My assignment this month for the Secret Recipe Club was Suzanne's blog Thru the Bugs on My Windshield

The Secret Recipe Club is a fun idea, bloggers are assigned a blog from another member to make something from. And until the 'Reveal' day, you have no idea who has your blog or what recipe they will choose from your blog. And it's always fun to see what someone does with one of your recipes, they tweak, they twiddle, and most of the time, improve on it. I'm not one who goes looking at a lot of food blogs, just don't have the time, so this gets me out of my comfort zone and looking at new ideas as well.

At any rate, I got all the ingredients together, realized I didn't have any more sun dried tomatoes so I cut up a Roma tomato, very thin, sprinkled it with some olive oil and a touch of salt and threw it into the oven for 60 minutes at 200 degrees, then I upped it to 300 degrees for another 30 minutes (I didn't waste that heat either, I was cooking some chicken so I could make dog food for my dog, and I had the frozen chicken in there with the tomato cause it needed to be thawed as well and she doesn't care how I do the chicken).

Once I made the 'fake' sun dried tomatoes I was ready to proceed. I sauteed the beef, had the rice all cooked and ready to go, (I like to prepare the rice and let it cool first, it doesn't seem to absorb and swell as much that way). Par cooked the peppers the way Suzanne suggested, and got busy stuffing... Oh yeah, you par cook the peppers in microwave for about 2-4 minutes, no blanching here.

I also used a 6 cheese shredded mixture, cause I had it on hand anyway.

seeds out of the bottom and discard. Use the tops for another recipe or just do what I do and eat it. Love fresh green peppers anyway.

Rinse peppers thoroughly and place in a small microwavable baking

dish, open side up. Microwave on high for about 2-4 minutes, or until

slightly steamed. (by the way, this is also a great tip for mushrooms as well if you are making stuffed mushrooms, sorry couldn't help throwing in another hint.)

While the peppers are in the microwave, mix all the remaining

ingredients, except for 1/4 cup of the cheese, in a large mixing bowl, or do as I did, mix it in the skillet. Saved washing up another bowl.

Remove peppers from microwave and stuff with your ground beef

filling. Top with remaining cheese and bake in the oven at 375 degrees

for 20 minutes.

(I only made one of these, as I'm the only one who eats stuffed peppers in this house, but oh was it good, I also added some sautee'd mushrooms as I had some made anyway.)

Now for the second part of the 2 fer. Divide the rest of the meat into two or three portions, mound them on either small hamburger buns or small buns that have some ketchup and mustard spread on them. Then just add some sliced onions, and pickles and maybe some cheese and serve. Nice as a change of pace.