"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Well, here it is , a snowy day so I am staying in as walkign with my
> walker sans chains or snow tires is not very satisfactory. I will get
> out
> tomorrow, once things are melting and crosswalks less treacherous.

They make chains and snow tyres for walkers?

> I have not been doing much interesting cooking since Syd died, as why
> fuss
> for 1? lately, the urge to produce tasy stuff has begun to hit me.
> Fortunately, my kids and grandkids have made a few visits so more food
> was
> needed. For Channuka I made a turkey and for the last visit a giant
> beef
> stew tht sustained all but the infane, Sabine for several days.

I have a great niece named Sabene but she prefers Bene (since going to
her mum's and aunts' old high school - Santa Sabina, lol.

No one
> expected for t least a week, so what now? Well, Fairway had a $2.00
> bag
> of mostly greenpeppers adn I had a pound of frozen ground turkey so I
> decided to put them together and make my stuffed peppers(usually 7
> peppers
> to the pound of meat) and I would freeze some for later meals.

Already sounds interesting


> The bag contained 5 of the largest greenpeppers I have ever seen, and
> not
> one was bad, jusst a bit softer than I would ordinarily buy, but
> whole,
> unblemished, etc. I took the 1 pepper I had already inth ehouse to
> make
> 6, which was a mistake. These 5 large pepper would be plenty for the
> pound of meal, so I have 4 nice full ones and 2 kind of skimpy which I
> may
> use to make one meal:-)
>
> No recipe here but this is what I did.
>
> 6(should be 5 ) huge green peppers, top cut off and cleaned of seeds,
> etc
> and left whole
>
> Stuffing:
> 1 large onion-finely chopped in food processor
>
> 4 slices low carb bread first torn, then chopped in dry food
> processor(before doing the onions)

I have always done bread and onion together but then again, I like my
onions a bit coarser than finely chopped.

> 1 egg(can be omitted if allergic)
>
> ad lib amounts-to taste of 3 kinds of paprika-sweet, hot and smoked-if
> available) Adjust heat to your taste.
>
> FGBP-to taste
>
> Salt, if needed
>
> 1/4-1/2 cup oof crushed tomatoes (from 28 oz can)
>
> Sauce:
> 1 onion, sliced
>
> Mushrooms(optional) sliced
>
> 28 oz can crushed tomatos or squooshed whole one mius the amount added
> to
> filling
>
> wine or balsamic vineger or water.
>
> FGBP-to taste
>
> Ad lib amounts of sweet, hot and smoked paprika-remember there is some
> in
> filling) adjust heat to taste.
>
> method:
>
> Mix all filling ingredients-preferable with CLEAN hands or sith sturdy
> fork.
>
> Stuff into pepper-not to absolute top. If it proves skimpy, put some
> of
> the mushroom pieces and an onion slice into the top.
>
> Put into a large, coverable, oven proof baking dish(I used my elderly
> black agate covered roasting pan-the story of which I may tell you
> all
> some time-sstanding up, with open top to the top.
>
> Sprinkle onions and mushrooms all around the bottom of the pan around
> the
> peppers/
>
> Spread tomatos all around the pan then add pepper and papkika , then
> add
> wine, vineger or water(may want a bit of water as well as the other
> fluid
> to make enough juice. Taste sauce after lightly stirring. spoon some
> sauce over the tops of the peppers ( If the sauce left looks skimpy,
> add
> some water or more wine, but not too much vineger)
>
> Cover pot and place into hot-over 425, perhaps 450 F oven and
> just let cook for t least 45min to 1 hour. check that it is not dried
> out
> an dif it ooks done, fine. If not add a bit more water and mush it
> around
> to pick up stuff on bottom of pan and cook a bit onger.
>
> Serve 1 pepper per person. for me tht is enough, but ou can add
> another
> vegetable to the plate or some kind of starch for the non-diabetics in
> the
> goup(You could bake pottles in the same oven(for the British
> users-Jacket
> potatoes).
>
> Tis keeps well in the fridge for several days and I will let yu know
> how
> well it freezes. I think it shoul be just fine.
>
> Well, I am now written out:-)

That sounds so tasty! Jacket potatoes sound good.