Green peppers have been unexpectedly cheap at the supermarket lately. Mama Squirrel bought five smallish ones on the weekend. Tonight she cut them all in half, took out the seeds, and arranged them in a large glass baking pan. She stuffed the halves with the following mixture:
Ground beef, somewhere between a pound and a pound and a half
1/2 cup frozen bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1 good squirt Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 egg
There was a bit of mixture left, so Mama Squirrel added two custard cups to the pan and made two no-pepper servings along with the ten pepper halves. (Like mini meatloaves.)
Then she took half a jar of chili sauce--about a cupful--and poured most of it into the bottom of the pan, trying to distribute it evenly. She poured a bit of it over a few of the peppers, but not all of them, because not all of us like or can eat much chili sauce.
The pan, covered with foil, went into the oven for about an hour; the meat was done when Mama Squirrel checked, so she took them out and sprinkled some of them with Parmesan cheese. We also had a butternut squash, cut up and baked in a covered casserole with a bit of water; and couscous (add boiling water and let it sit covered for ten minutes).
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