Julie Bove > wrote:
: I need some new ideas for raw bell peppers and perhaps cooked ones too. Red
: bell peppers are one of the few vegetables that Angela really likes. When
: the weather cools I plan to make a recipe I have somewhere for unstuffed
: peppers. She loves the stuffed ones but neither she nor my husband will
: actually eat the pepper when I make them this way. They both scoop out the
: filling and give me their peppers. I think they are just lazy and don't
: like eating foods that they have to cut up. But I could be wrong. I made
: Spanish rice and they ate the peppers in it. So I figure they might eat the
: unstuffed. It is basically just like how you would do a stuffed one but the
: pepper is cut up and mixed in. You bake it in a casserole dish. So unless
: I can do it in the microwave I'll wait for cooler weather.

: One thing I like (but haven't tried yet for Angela) is assorted peppers cut
: into little scoop shapes and then served with slightly warmed refried beans.
: This is good with cheese sauce too. Or hummus.

: Mostly I just cut them in strips and give them to her. Or put them in her
: salad. I do also add them to red sauce for pasta and the like.

: Right now they are pretty expensive at $1.99 each. But I need some ideas
: for when I can find a good price. I did find a good price at Winco last
: week but I am starting to think they don't always sell the freshest produce.
: They were not refrigerated and most were getting shriveled. I won't buy
: them that way. I did find two that were in good shape but they were very
: small.

I have used raw shole peppers, seeded with tops removed as cases with a
filling like a sandwich filling. I have used flavored cottage cheese(add
finely diced or dried onion flake) dill or sarroway seeds(both of which I
like), Other hersb or seasonings of your choice. I have also used tuna
salad, if you like, with added cubed fresh tomatoes mixed in and stuffed
into the peppers. These can ge eaten out of hand like a sandwich. Might
work for school lunches.

Dinner appetizer sliced assorted pepperssliced onion, salt adn pepper adn
herb or seed seasoning of yur choice. Arrange on a pie plate in a circle,
keeping the solors in separate sections. Add thinly sliced onions adn
seasonings , cover adn microwave until soften as much as you like. Serve
either hot, warm or cold.

Wendy