Italian Stuffed Peppers

I love stuffed peppers!!! With this recipe I didn't even miss the rice that is normally stuffed into the green pepper mixture. This is one that I will be happy to cook again and again!! This is a FAVE!!!  The original recipe is below for the Italian Stuffed Peppers from the time savor gourmet cookbook.  I changed a lot on this recipe. First, after cleaning up the bell peppers I boiled them for 5 minutes. Second, I  cooked and browned my ground beef and mixed all of the remaining ingredients in the pan letting them simmer before inserting it into the bell peppers. This recipe only allows you to have 2 green so to make it 3, I added 1C of tomato puree! YUMMY!!!!!

4 Small bell peppers, about 1/2 C equivalent each
1 1/2 lb Lean ground beef
1C Mushrooms, diced
1C Zucchini, diced
1T Time Savor Gourmet Tuscan Fantasy
1T Time Savor Gourmet Viva Italiano

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash and dry the peppers. Cut the top 1/2" off the pepper horizontally to crate a cup. Remove the seeds and rinse. Set peppers in a 9 X 9 baking dish.

In a large bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Divide the mixture equally into four parts and stuff into the peppers. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until meat in thoroughly cooked.

Serving: 1/4 of this dish is 1 lean and 2 green. I added 1C of tomatoes to make it 3 green.