• Jan. 22, 2008
Stuffed Peppers (sort of)
In our quest for eating healthy it has been quite difficult to find food that will fill us up and keep us within our point range. (We are using Weight Watchers.) Here is a recipe that did the trick though. I just had to share it.
Leave it to me to never make thing the way they are supposed to me made. Usually it's because I don't have the skill to do it properly. Case in point- this meal was supposed to be stuffed peppers, but I couldn't get the peppers to soften right because I cooked all the other ingredients before filling the peppers. So I ended up chopping up the peppers, cooking them in a bit of tomato sauce, and just mixing them in. To tell you the truth, I thought it was delicious. So did everyone else judging by their empty plates.
1 1/2 c brown rice (18pt)
1 lb lean ground beef (22pt)
3 large bell peppers chopped (0pt)
1 onion chopped-I used frozen onion (0pt)
1 cup grated carrot (0pt)
1 15 oz can of tomato sauce (1pt)
Tex Joy Steak Seasoning to taste
I started the rice cooking first because that takes the longest. Just follow the directions on the bag. Then I cooked the ground beef. I did this by crumbling it up into boiling water in my big pot. When you drain it, rinse it thoroughly with hot water to get rid of as much grease as possible. Keep the meat in the drainer and use the pot to cook your peppers, onions, and carrot in about 1/3 of the can of tomato sauce until as tender as you like them. This doesn't look very pretty, but I promise it tastes good! Add the beef back to the pot and season with Tex Joy. I used a good bit. Keep this warm until the rice is done. Then mix in the rice and the rest of the tomato sauce. Stir it all up and serve!
This makes about 8 cups at 5 pt per cup.
It is a meal by itself, but we added green beans and baked potatoes. For some reason my mind always tells me there must be 3 different things on my plate a suppertime. Go figure!
