Stuffed Peppers

Dinner yesterday was, as the title suggests, stuffed peppers!!

This was a recipe from The Joy of Cooking, and this was one of two versions in the book (the one that contained meat, the other recipe did not).

For the meat, I used minced turkey. Other ingredients were tomatoes, onions, garlic, basil, thyme, rice, salt and pepper. I made this after I came home from work, and as is usual for me, I like simple recipes that are easy to make and don't take too long.
I first steamed the peppers. After the peppers finished steaming, I sauteed the meat with the other ingredients as mentioned above. Once the meat changed color and was no longer pink, and all the other ingredients were mixed in as well, I stuffed the peppers and put them in the oven to bake for 25 mins. After 25 mins, voila!

Both my husband and I looooooved the way they turned out, and if the first time wasn't good enough, the second time will be better!!!!

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog!

Starting a blog was the last thing I thought I would do but here I am.

Hopefully I can entertain you enough to keep coming back and reading my blog.

For my first post, I’d like to start with an introduction.

I work full time in an accounting firm and I also love to cook and try new recipes. I constantly browse through my cookbooks for ideas as well as get more ideas through friends, colleagues, and online of course. Obviously, there is no shortage of recipes online, so I’m always browsing.

Some of my cookbooks, however, remain my favorite sources. For example, I have the Joy of Cooking, which has tons of recipes and every recipe I’ve made from there has turned out amazing. The best one by far is the baked polenta. I made that for my parents and in-laws with great success – everybody ate it the same day and none was left over.

Another book I have is Better Homes and Gardens Bridal Edition. A great recipe from there was the yellow pepper soup. I was in heaven every time I ate it – melts in your mouth mmmmmmmm. I’ve also made quick and easy brownies from this book for Yom Kippur. Uusually my dad and I have coffee and cake during the day because it’s difficult for us to fast the whole day. Even though this recipe is made with cocoa powder (which is obviously not the same as making a recipe with chocolate) this tastes awesome with no name brand cocoa powder. I found the quality of this cocoa powder amazing and the cheaper price makes it even more economical and worthwhile.

I hope I’ve entertained you for this first post. Keep an eye out in the future for my recipes and life adventures.

“Chow” for now!