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Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers
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Well, it should be an interesting next 24-48 hours. There’s a wide-spread outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease in the community and it has affected (thus far) more than half of Piper’s class. All was well until noon when I got the text that she needed to be picked up because it was suspected that she had contracted HFMD. No, no, no, no, nooooooo.
If you follow along, you may recall at this same time last year (September 2nd, to be exact) Piper experienced what I hope to be her only run-in with HFMD. It was HORRIBLE. Mostly for her, of course…but definitely for everyone else, too.
I’m not 100% convinced she has it – no fever and no actual sores on her hands, feet, or around her mouth. But she’s drooling like crazy and has a bit of a rash in her diapered area on her tush. SENDING UP ALL THE PRAYERS that we dodge it this time. And Shea too, of course. Sigh…it’s always something with little ones, isn’t it?
On a completely unrelated note, your comments from my last Family Friday post seriously filled my love tank. I feel like I officially have permission to ditch that notion of having to draft something way more creative and Pinterest-y than my life really is and rather, I can blab about HFMD and then show you some pretty pictures of food and think that maybe that’s okay?
I think you said it was okay? And that being authentic was a huge part of this here blog, right? AMEN, it is! We do some real life whining and hop right into food. My blog really does read like my life. WINE/WHINE. CHEESE. WINE/WHINE. CHEESE. Rinse, repeat.
Know what I did to tweak this awesome recipe? I opted to mix in most of the feta cheese so that it wasn’t at risk of all melting and sliding off these generously-stuffed bell peppers. I want ALL that feta cheese in my mouth and washed down with my wine (or whine). A great make-ahead meal with leftovers that reheat like a champ, these peppers are deceiving in their ultra-healthy presentation but serve up big, big flavor. In fact, these were gobbled up by our party of 4 and made for 4 very happy campers. Enjoy!
Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers
Author: Nicole Morrissey
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
Serves: 8 stuffed pepper halves
Ingredients
- 1 lb 93% lean ground beef
- 1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 medium zucchini, coarsely grated (about 2 cups)
- 1 small onion, finely diced
- ½ cup bulghur
- 1 (14½ oz) can low-sodium diced tomatoes
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 4 bell peppers, halved lengthwise, cores and ribs removed
- ⅓ cup + 2 Tbsp crumbled feta cheese, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulghur, tomatoes, egg, oregano, salt, pepper, and ⅓ cup feta; mix until thoroughly combined.
- Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons feta cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 20 minutes longer.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 prepared pepper half Calories: 184 Fat: 4.8 Carbohydrates: 18.6 Sugar: 6.0 Sodium: 372 Fiber: 4.6 Protein: 16.1 Cholesterol: 57
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Be well,
Source: https://preventionrd.com/2018/08/greek-style-stuffed-peppers/
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