topic Re: Stuffed Peppers in Recipes

Stuffed Peppers

coffee drinker — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:22:21 GMT

I'm always at a loss of what side dish or dishes I can serve with stuffed peppers. Usually I'll have green beans, but am looking for something different. What sides do you make?

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Tissyanne — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:24:24 GMT

Squash casserole, or sweet corn sounds good.

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beach-mom — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:35:04 GMT

@coffee drinker - We have these a lot. I always have corn with them, and no other side.

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Allegheny — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:38:00 GMT

besides mashed potatoes I like cole slaw or a simple tossed salad.

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Kitty Galore — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:39:04 GMT

always mashed potatoes ....mmmm comfort food together . Just made it last night in fact .

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luvmybeetle — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:45:10 GMT

I always make mash potatoes and peas. Can I ask, do you make your stuffed peppers in the oven or on the stove top? I am of Romanian heritage and make them on the stove top in a pot (large pot).

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Sooner — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:52:21 GMT

LOVE stuffed peppers! Always in the oven and they have to be charred on the outside before they are done. I mix cooked hamburger with pieces of the peppers from the tops I cut off, rice, italian spices, and tomato sauce. I fill the peppers, cook them in the oven until the outsides are almost done, put ketchup on the top and finish.

We have corn or salad with them, sometimes slaw, sometimes just the peppers. We never ever have mashed potatoes. Neither of us like them. Potatoes are usually sweet potatoes, roasted or cooked in the jackets in the pressure cooker.

Stuffed peppers is a very favorite food of mine! Always the green peppers if we have them. Our fridge is never without peppers of some sort. Organic!

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Carmie — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:56:24 GMT

I just made stuffed peppers last Saturday. I served them with mashed potatoes, a tossed salad and a warm loaf of bread.

I make mine in the oven. My MIL who was born in Europe, made hers on the stove.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:58:34 GMT

caesar salad or a green salad.

biscuits if you want a bread.

funny, i just made stuffed pepper soup tonight! some will be frozen, some will be eaten.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:06:08 GMT

@coffee drinker I just always served stuffed peppers alone. My neighbor taught me to make them, and they were made with ground beef and rice. To me that was pretty much all the food groups. My children were never fans of peppers, so I didn't serve them often, but when we had a big garden, I needed to use up the peppers.

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frenchie — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:09:54 GMT

I make them often. I cook them in a pot on the stove. I basically use the same ingredients as a meatloaf. No rice. Cook them with a can of diced tomatoes and tomato sauce or soup. Serve with rice and corn or carrots.

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lynnie61 — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:10:02 GMT

I love stuffed peppers and stuffed cabbage. My mother made the best. Of course when we were little, didn't care for the pepper or the cabbage and mom made extra porcupine balls, the meat and rice without the pepper or cabbage. Always had mashed potatoes with them. She used diluted tomato soup as the sauce. Buttered dinner rolls with them too.

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coffee drinker — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:19:15 GMT

@luvmybeetle I usually make them in the oven. Those who suggested mashed potatoes and corn have my vote. That's what I'll make.

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NEvans2 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:43:44 GMT

I always make mashed potatoes with my stuffed peppers. Usually have a salad that most of the time we don't even eat.lol

I'll be making them again next week with peppers from our garden. I also par boil my peppers with a heaping teaspoon of sugar. Doesn't make them sweet, just takes the bitter right out of the peppers. I use tomato soup for the "gravy" and bake them in the oven. Yum! I always make enough for two meals.

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ECBG — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:00:26 GMT

If your stuffed peppers have rice, I would serve a non starch vegetable or salad.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:53:22 GMT

I like a dish of pasta and tomato sauce.

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luvmyteddy4 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:15:01 GMT

I always use my meatloaf recipe which I make up as I go along. The only difference is when I make meatloaf I put slices of cheese in the middle of the pan. Always in the oven.

The green peppers are usually big so I've never had a side with my stuffed peppers.

One of my favorites esp as leftovers.

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mildoo — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:27:28 GMT

I make my stuffed peppers on the stove top and serve them with hot buttered corn and mashed potatoes. The last time I made them (last week, incidently) I used not only green peppers but yellow and red, too. And I think that mix of peppers enhanced the flavor.

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In-x-s — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:04:24 GMT

I make them with a meatloaf style filling, no rice. I make them in the oven with baked potatoes as the side.

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Desertdi — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:35:53 GMT

Stuffed peppers are a meal "by themselves". All I ever added was a green salad, or sliced tomatoes and cukes on the side. Maybe a "bean salad".