Easy Low-Carb Stuffed Peppers

I should tell you that my love of good food has left me with an increasingly large "muffin top", and my lack of exercise lately has caused a great pair of "bingo wings" to grow on my upper-arms. So my loving husband and I have been cutting carbs as much as we can. 


So, here it is.... On the Menu is Easy Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper

This entree takes about 10 minutes to prepare and less than an hour to cook. To make this, you will need:

3 good size green peppers
2 lbs. of ground beef
1 can of Manwich sauce
About a cup of shredded cheddar cheese

If you are not preparing low carb, you will also need about 1 cup prepared rice.
Now I know this is not the ingredient list you were expecting. But stay with me here......
Turn on the oven to 375. 

Brown the ground beef in a pan or skillet until done (what? I never heard of cooking the meat first!) Drain all the grease. 

While the meat is cooking, prepare the green peppers. Instead of cutting around the top to remove the stem and clean out the seeds, cut the entire pepper in half from top (stem) to bottom. Then clean out the stem and seeds and give both halves a good rinse. Isn't that easier?? Lay the pepper halves cut-side up in a baking dish. I use a 9" X 13" Pyrex. 

Stir the Manwich sauce into the ground beef. (Also add the rice if you don't care about carbs.) 

Spoon the meat mixture into the green pepper shells. You should have enough to easily fill the six halved peppers. 

Add about 1/2 inch of water to the pan (around, not in, the green peppers)

Cover tightly with aluminum foil. Place on center rack of the oven. Set the timer for 45 minutes. 

After 45 minutes, remove the foil and top each pepper with shredded cheese. Tuck back into the oven until the cheese melts (about 5-10 minutes). 

Done! Protein and veggie dinner for less than 10 carbs. And it tastes delicious, and not so far away from doing it the old fashion way. 

Try it and let me know what you think!