Sausage Stuffed Peppers

A few months back I scored a subscription to Redbook magazine for $5 on Amazon.com. It has paid for itself in spades because I've gotten some yummy recipes from it such as this one that I bring to you today.

My husband devoured his and finished off the ones 2 of my kids wouldn't eat. My oldest loved it and 2 days later even asked me when I could make them again. I LOVE hearing things like that from my kids about things that I make!

I had left over stuffing mix and my husband took that to work for lunch. Boy, I sure got mileage out of this recipe!

Ingredients:
4 red, yellow, or orange bell peppers, cut in half length wise and seeds removed
olive oil spray
3 cups of brown rice (I used white)
8 oz. spicy Italian chicken sausage links, fully cooked and diced (I used regular sweet sausage)
4 scallions, sliced
2 cups marinara sauce
2 Tbsp. fresh oregano
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400degrees F
2. Place halved peppers in a large roasting pan, cut sides up and coat with olive oil spray

3. In a large bowl, toss rice, sausage, scallions, oregano, marinara sauce and mozzarella sauce.



4. Fill pepper cavities with mixture.

5. Cover peppers with foil and bake 20 minutes until peppers are tender.

6. Serve with extra marinara sauce.

Side idea: serve with mixed green salad