Healthier Stuffed Peppers

Name: Healthier Stuffed Peppers
Total time: 120
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 0.5 cup brown rice; 1 pound lean ground beef; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 green bell peppers; 2 red bell peppers; 2 yellow bell peppers; 2 (8 ounce) cans natural tomato sauce; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; 0.25 cup grated Parmesan cheese, optional

Recipe by MakeItHealthy from allrecipes.com

Dinner 2 Hr.

Ingredients

6 servings

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1 cup water
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0.5 cup brown rice
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1 pound lean ground beef
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1 onion, chopped
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2 cloves garlic, minced
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2 green bell peppers
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2 red bell peppers

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2 yellow bell peppers
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2 (8 ounce) cans natural tomato sauce
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1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
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0.25 cup grated Parmesan cheese, optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes.
Meanwhile, warm a large skillet over medium heat. Add beef, onion, and garlic to the hot skillet; cook and stir until meat is evenly browned and onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
Remove and discard tops, seeds, and membranes of green, red, and yellow bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. Slice the bottoms off peppers if necessary so that they stand upright.
Mix browned beef, cooked rice, 1 can tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spoon mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix remaining tomato sauce with Italian seasoning in a bowl; pour over peppers.
Bake in the preheated oven, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until peppers are tender, about 1 hour. Sprinkle peppers with grated Parmesan cheese; serve warm.