Stuffed Peppers

From Elizabeth at OhioThoughts Blog

Ingredients:

 8 – 10 Hungarian, Banana, Anaheim or similar peppers

1 pound savory sausage (or half sausage, half ground beef)

Aproximately ¼ to ½ teaspoon of each:

Coarse ground black pepper

Garlic salt

Italian seasoning

Oregano

1 egg, slightly beaten

¼ cup finely chopped mushrooms

1 8 ounce package of Italian or mozzarella cheese

1 can stewed Italian tomatoes, chopped or  Italian diced tomatoes

Directions:

Wash peppers and remove stems, seeds and white membrane.  Stem can be left on if desired. Cut peppers long ways on one side.  

Mix together sausage, spices to taste, 3 ounces of cheese, mushrooms, 1/3 of the tomatoes and egg.

If you are allergic to egg, just leave it out.

Stuff peppers with meat mixture.  Place each pepper on a lightly greased cookie sheet.  Sprinkle remaining tomatoes onto each pepper. Cover top of peppers and tomatoes with cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.

*See more recipes and DIY projects from Elizabeth at OhioThoughtsblog.blogspot.com