Our Favorite Recipes

Ingredients:

5 peppers, halved
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound lean ground pork
2 cups Jasmine rice, cooked
2 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cups PLUS 3 ½ cups tomato juice
1 cup mozzarella cheese
½ cup grated parmesan cheese
½ cup minced red OR yellow onion
2 fresh cloves of garlic minced OR 2 tsp jarred
1 tsp salt- divided
1 tsp pepper- divided
1 tsp Italian Seasoning- See link for the recipe on how to make your own!

Home Made Tomato Juice

Here’s a simple how-to make homemade tomato juice!

Wash your tomato’s; cut off any bad spots and stem ends.

Cut the tomato’s into large chunks and blend in a food processor.

Once they are blended, measure out how much you will need for the recipe. Anything extra you can freeze or can.

Pro tip: There is no need to remove seeds as they will never be noticeable once processed. I have done this for years & no one has ever noticed!

1. Cut your peppers in half & clean out all seeds & white membranes.

2. In a frying pan add oil and minced onion; sauté on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes until golden, and then add minced garlic; sauté for an additional 5 minutes.

3. In the meantime while your onions & garlic are sautéing, cook rice according to package instructions. Set aside until ready to use.

Pro tip: You can add a TBSP of butter to the rice to prevent it from sticking.

4. Once the onion & garlic are finished sautéing, add both pork & beef, Italian seasoning, ½ tsp each salt & pepper to onion garlic mixture; fry while cutting into the meat until crumbly and done, about 20 minutes; drain grease from meat mixture in a colander. 

5. In a large bowl add meat mixture, cooked rice, 2 cups of the tomato juice, remaining salt & pepper, and parmesan cheese; mix until well blended; add the remaining 1 ½ cups of tomato juice reserving the additional 2 cups.

6. Pour remaining 2 cups of the tomato juice into the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish, spread until covering the entire bottom.

7. Take ½ cup of meat and rice mixture and fill each pepper half; place in the baking dish side by side until all are filled. Use the remaining meat and rice mixture and fill around the peppers.

8. Divide mozzarella cheese evenly across the tops of each pepper half.