Stuffed Peppers

2-3 cups cooked rice (depending on how many peppers to stuff)
2-4 good shaped green peppers
1lb hamburger
1 onion diced
1 clove garlic
1 lb mushrooms (optional)
16 oz can tomato sauce
1-2 tsp chili powder

Cut off tops of green peppers and clean out seeds. Boil 3 minutes to soften skin. Place in a baking dish. Cook hamburger with chopped onions and garlic and mushrooms. Add tomato sauce and chili powder. Simmer for a few minutes. Mix with cooked rice. Stuff rice mixture inside peppers. Spoon extra rice mixture around peppers in dish. Top with catsup. Bake 30-40 minutes. Serve with grated cheese.

Green Pepper Casserole (Mom’s version):
Chop two green peppers and cook with hamburger. Mix everything together and put in casserole dish. Top with catsup and bake as above.

Jan Newbold