Cooking for Two.

So I'm almost terrified to post this picture for fear that my readers will think that my cooking sucks. As stated in my previous post, I wanted to begin sharing pictures and recipes of my culinary adventures but have hesitated as I'm uncertain of just how appetizing my blackberry pictures will be received. It doesn't help that we devour our food on black plates. Yup. Black.
Husband's choice. Contemporary, he says.

*Takes a deep breath* Well here goes:

See, I told you. Total fail. This was our last try at taking the picture before we couldn't resist to dig in. It was delicious though, I must say. In case you can't tell what that is, do let me explain. I made stuffed green bell peppers with ground beef, rice, celery, red onions, and tomato sauce and topped it with a slice of pepper jack cheese.

Stuffed Peppers

(Calculations based on serving 2)

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 red onion, finely chopped

1 celery stalk, finely chopped

1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped

5 ounces ground beef

3 tablespoons cooked long grain rice

2 green peppers

1 can tomato sauce (8 ounces)

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
2. Remove and discard the tops, seeds, and membrane of the bell peppers
3. In a skillet over medium heat, saute garlic, red onion, celery and jalapeno pepper
4. Remove into a bowl
5. In the same skillet, cook ground beef until brown
6. Add browned beef to the bowl and mix with cooked rice, 3/4 of the can of tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning
7. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper
8. Mix the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning and pour over the stuffed peppers
9. Bake one hour in the preheated oven until peppers are tender
10. Top peppers with a slice of pepper jack cheese in the last minute of baking

Ta-da! Enjoy your meal!