Stuffed Peppers

When My Man and I first got married, I did a lot of "not cooking."

Several reasons for this but none of them include "because I diidn't know how to cook."

I knew how to cook and follow a recipe.

I just didn't have a lot of practice.

Or the time.

I was working full time, going back to school to get my Master's Degree and was a professional cheerleader.

No joke on that last one.

That's what they call cheerleaders for the NFL.

Professional.

It's quite a status.

Annnnyway, I didn't have a lot of practice or time.

And another thing, I grew up not eating weird stuff.

Loooots of things in the list of foods that never touch my lips.

One of them was called Stuffed Peppers.

A few years ago, in an act of desperation to please My Man because I was NEVER home, I made him some stuffed peppers upon request.

And I realized that each ingredient in them were things I actually liked.

And guess what?  I liked eatiing them!

Whoa...I'm a big girl now.

So, I've tweaked the recipe over the years and added stuff and deleted stuff.

These are what we like right now.

PS - My children ate chicken tenders and macacroni.  

Start out with these. 

Does anyone watch Worst Cook in America on Food Network?

That Ann lady is so focused on knife cuts.

What a joke.

I'd get kicked off the first day.

Who in the heck cares of my carrots are all the same size?

It's called "rustic."

Why do I show you all raw meat?

Sorry again.

Use one pound.

Clean out your peppers and put them in a baking dish.

Add this.

And some green olives.

They add a neat-o taste.

And this.

And some fresh parsley.

The recipe called for smoked paprika.

I didn't have any.

Add plenty of shredded mozzerella.

Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes.