Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb)

Name: Gracie's Favorite Stuffed Peppers(TWO WAYS!! Carb and Low Carb)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 large green peppers(fairly uniform in size); 1 1/2 lb ground beef (I used 85%); 1 box herb and butter Rice a Roni(prepared as box directs, you will yield a little over 2 cups); 1/2 head a small cauliflower, finely chopped; 1 1/2 cup parmesan cheese(I use Sargento shreds, never the powdery stuff); 2 cup tomato sauce; 1 tbsp Italian seasoning (use your favorite, I prefer McCormick Tuscan perfect pinch); 1 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp chopped garlic; 1 salt and pepper to taste; 6 heaping tablespoons of shredded mozzarella

Bridget @cook_3555328

My Gracie LOVES stuffed peppers and I'm currently low carbing it SO I came up with a way to please us both! This is one of my favorite comfort foods. Skip the cauliflower and prepare two boxes of Rice a Roni if carbs aren't a issue with you and add 4 cups of rice to beef mixture. If you're low carbing double the amount of cauliflower.

Bridget @cook_3555328

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Ingredients

6large green peppers(fairly uniform in size)
1 1/2 lbground beef (I used 85%)
1 boxherb and butter Rice a Roni(prepared as box directs, you will yield a little over 2 cups)
1/2 heada small cauliflower, finely chopped
1 1/2 cupparmesan cheese(I use Sargento shreds, never the powdery stuff)
2 cuptomato sauce
1 tbspItalian seasoning (use your favorite, I prefer McCormick Tuscan perfect pinch)
1 tbspsugar
2 tspchopped garlic
1salt and pepper to taste
6heaping tablespoons of shredded mozzarella

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Steps

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Begin by boiling a large pot of water. While it's boiling, chop top of of each pepper and remove seeds and inner membranes. Finely chop tops of three peppers to cook with ground beef. Boil peppers for 7-9 min. Immediately remove and place in a bowl of ice water.
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Brown ground beef with chopped pepper tops and drain very well. Separate cooked beef mixture in half and place in two bowls. (About 1 1/2 c per bowl)
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Cook chopped cauliflower until tender(I used the same water I boiled peppers in) Set aside
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Into one bowl of beef mixture add 2 cups of prepared Rice a Roni. (Youll have some left over) In the other bowl, add 2 cups of the cooked cauliflower.
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Combine sauce, sugar, seasoning, garlic, salt and pepper. Reserve 1/2 c for pepper topping. Add 3/4 c of sauce mixture to each bowl of beef mixture. Mix well.
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Add 3/4 c of parmesan to each bowl of meat mixture.
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Drain peppers well and place in a sprayed baking dish large enough to fit all 6 peppers(I used a 9x6)
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Fill 3 peppers with the beef and rice mixture. Fill 3 peppers with beef and cauliflower mixture. Top each pepper with a spoonful of the reserved 1/2 cup of sauce. Tightly place foil over peppers and cook at 350 for 50-60 min.
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Add a healing tbsp of mozzarella to each pepper and return to oven.
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The pepper on the left is rice. The pepper on the right is cauliflower.
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Gracie approves!!!