"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Thanks! I can't see how that would be an appetizer though. We generally
don't eat appetizers and would never have cooked veggies for one if we did
have one.