Stuffed Mushrooms and/or Pepper

Last week, I was looking for a quick, healthier option to make for dinner. Below is what I came up with!

Sausage stuffed portobello mushrooms one night and stuffed peppers (green bell and jalapeno) the next!

stuffed portobello mushroom

Stuffed pepper after cooking in oven

INGREDIENTS:

pack of sausage

diced yellow onion

green bell peppers

minced garlic

diced tomato

bread crumbs

seasonings - Italian seasoning; anything you like!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

STEP 1: Cut top of green bell pepper off. Remove the 'guts' and stand up in a oven-safe dish. Dice the top of the pepper and add to dish in Step 2. 

STEP 2: Brown sausage in cast iron skillet. Add yellow onion and top of bell pepper; sautee for a few minutes. Drain sausage mixture and let cool. Transfer to bowl.

STEP 3: Toss together sausage mixture with minced garlic, tomato, bread crumbs and seasonings. 

STEP 4: Stuff pepper (or mushroom) with sausage mixture.

Bake for 30 minutes.  

STEP 5: Optional: Sprinkle cheese over top at the very end of the baking process and let melt for a few minutes. 

Stuffed pepper before going in to oven