Ground Beef Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 4-6 bell peppers (depending on size)
• 6-8 slices bread (either fresh or stale)
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 2-3 tablespoons v 8 vegetable juice or tomato juice
• 1 roma tomato (or equivalent)
• 1 tablespoon dried breadcrumbs (store bought)
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

1. 1

   Brown the ground beef and finely dice the tomato.

2. 2

   Add the V-8 or tomato juice and seasoning until all ingredients are warm then remove from heat. Roll the bread slices in your hands over the meat sauce one at a time and mix with the sauce. ( you want enough bread to soak up the liquid to make the final product moist but not soupy). Remove the tops and all seeds from the peppers.

3. 3

   Spoon enough of the meat mixture into each pepper to fill to the top.

4. 4

   Sprinkle the breadcrumbs and then the cheese on top of each filled pepper so that the meat mixture is covered.

5. 5

   Place the peppers in a casserole dish with approx 1/4 inch water and cook in a 350 d egree oven until each pepper is soft to the touch (approx 45-60 minutes). This recipe can also be used for stuffed tomatoes but the cooking time will be shorter.

6. 6

   Enjoy !