Stuffed Peppers

I have a bunch of red peppers I needed to use, so I tried these stuffed peppers- It was a recipe I found on allrecipes.com, and I read some of the reviews and modified it a little. They turned out quite good!

Ingredients:

1 cup water

1/2 cup rice

2 garlic cloves

2 large peppers

1/2 lbs ground beef

1/4 lbs sausage

1/2 an onion finely diced

1/2-3/4 can of tomato sauce

1 tsp cumin

black pepper to taste

salt to taste

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1. In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and finely chopped garlic cloves and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. Blanch peppers
4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the ground beef; drain. Return to heat and mix in onion, cooked rice, garlic powder cumin, salt and pepper. Pour in tomato sauce and mix thoroughly. Let simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add cheese.
5. Spoon the meat mixture onto each half of the green peppers. sprinkle some more cheese on top. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes or until mixture begins to turn golden brown.

Potato Pockets

A great way to use up left over mashed potatoes!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pouch Cheddar and Sour Cream instant mashed potatoes Or about 2 cups left over-mashed potatoes
• 1 3/4 cups hot water
• 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup finely chopped fully cooked ham
• 2 medium green onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup bacon flavor bits or chips
• 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (1 oz)
• 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

DIRECTIONS

1. In large bowl, mix the mashed potatoes and hot water. Add cream cheese; beat until blended. Stir in the ham, onions, bacon and Cheddar cheese.
2. Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles. Slightly stretch corners of short side of each triangle to make longer. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Spoon 1/3 cup potato mixture on center of each triangle. Bring corners to center over filling, overlapping ends; press gently to seal.
3. Bake at 375°F 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.

We liked them for a quick and easy dinner. Ryne also had the idea of leaving out the ham and stuff and just having the mashed potatoes covered in the crescent rolls as a side with a roast or something.