Recipe - Low Fat And No Sugar Stuffed Peppers

4 md To large bell peppers
One half cup Water
2 tablespoon Tomato paste
One half teaspoon Kosher salt (for melting not
religious reason)
1 tablespoon Lemon juice (for this
stuffing)

STUFFING GREEK STYLE
One fourth cup Olive oil (I use about half
this amount, 2 tbsp)
1 lg Onion minced (1One half C
approx,)
6 ounce Ground beef or lamb (2/3C)
1 cn (14 oz) plum tomatoes,
drained, coarsly chopped
and liquid reserved
1/3 cup Long grain rice (raw)
2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 teaspoon Dried thyme
1 teaspoon Dried oregono
One fourth teaspoon Fresly ground black pepper

In reply to the request for low fat, low sugar stuffed peppers, I recommend
the recipe in Barbarba Kafka's Microwave Gourmet cook book. the meat
filling can be varied by any recipe you might have, but the method works
well. ( if you have the book it's on page 72)

Slice lids off the peppers and set aside, remove seeds from peppers and
lids Divide stuffing evenly among peppers and replace lids. Fit peppers,
right side up, in a 10"X8"oval dish. To make cooking liquid whisk together
water, Tomato paste and salt. Pour mixture around peppers. Cover tightly
with plastic wrap. Cook at 100% power for 20 minutes, until rice is tender.
Half way through the cooking, poke a hole in the plastic with the tip of a
knife. Remove from oven, uncover and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Stuffing greek style: Heat oil in a 2 qt souffle dish, uncovered at
100%power for 2 minutes. Stir in onions and meat. Continue cooking
uncovered, 5 Min stirring once. Remove from oven. Pour off most of the
drippings from the pan. Place mixture and tomatoes in the workbow of a
food processor and process until meat is finely chopped. Stir in remaining
ingredients.

This works for me and can be varied to use other stuffings, even ground
turkey to reduce the fat even more. I also use ground turkey or a mix of
turkey and beef for stuffed cabbage, also from Barbara Kafka's book. In
this cabbage recipe you have to omit the sugar and use a less sweet wine
than the Tokay recommended. If you don't have the book and would like this
recipe, I could send it to you with my modifications.

Posted to JEWISHFOOD digest V96 #51

Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:44:38 0400 (EDT)

From: "W. Baker" wbaker@panix.com