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Default Substitute for fresh peppers?

Anny Middon > wrote:

>My DH does not like fresh green or red peppers. I just leave them out of a
>lot of recipes, but sometimes the recipe needs the color jolt.
>
>Any ideas on what I can substitute? I have used poblano peppers in place of
>bell peppers (it's the bell pepper flavor he doesn't like) but sometimes
>that flavor combination doesn't sound good to me. And sometimes I've
>replaced part of the onion with green onion to get that green into the
>finished dish. Any other ideas?


Zucchini comes in both green and yellow and is very neutral-
flavored.

An extremely bland cohpped up red beet can add color without
adding much flavor.

Steve