This week I decided to try something new. I guess technically I decided like two weeks ago but yesterday I finally got around to doing it.
I don't cook much...or at all really. If I'm not at my boyfriend's house making dinner with him then chances are I have arrived home from work, toasted a bagel, and maybe eaten some candy afterward if I have any (which I usually do). To be fair, I eat significantly less candy now that I have Invisalign, but even now as I write this I am eating taffy (and I think I just ate a piece of a wrapper too).
So this week I took it upon myself to make one of the many recipes I have saved on Pinterest. As a side note, it took me months to understand Pinterest, but now I can't stop using it. As another side note, I just ate a piece of taffy that I think was PlayDoh flavored.
Anyway, I found one recipe for stuffed peppers, except they were for Halloween because you carve jack-o-lantern faces in the peppers. I think it went well...ish!
Ingredients:
- 4-6 stuffed peppers (I made 4 and had extra filling)
- 90 second rice (1 bag)
- 1 can black beans
- Shredded cheese
- 1 small can of corn
- Salsa
So it starts out easy enough. Preheat the oven to 350. Then you cut the tops off of the peppers and remove any seeds.
Okay, maybe not the easiest after all. Fuck you, tiny seeds. Also, you're supposed to leave the stems on the make them look even more like pumpkins, but I am terrible and somehow accidentally cut 2 of them off.
According to the recipe this should take about 1 minute; it took me about 15, though that does including walking away to take photos of my cat.
Once the seeds are finally removed, you then have to carve little pumpkin faces in the peppers. Mine all look like they're a little sad to be alive, but at least you can tell they're supposed to be Halloween themed, I guess.
Then you throw them into a baking dish of some sort; I used the one glass dish I could find that was allowed in the oven.
After that it's time to make the filling. I'm not going to give you the recipe measurements, because, spoiler alert, these peppers didn't taste very good! Unless you're a plain rice & beans fan, my measurements might be a little more useful.
I am realizing now that maybe I didn't need to microwave the rice, but I did so I'll include that step here. It takes literally a minute and a half so it's not taking up too much time anyway. While that's cooking, dump the entire can of corn in a medium bowl. Drain out all the gross can juice before that step though, ugh.
Then add the entire can of beans, which you should also drain first. I don't know what the liquid in bean cans is actually called, but let's just be real, it looks like squished snails. So get rid of your crushed snails and then dump the beans in.
Now you're gonna add the delicious parts: cheese and salsa. I put in 1/2 cup of each, and barely tasted it unfortunately. So my recipe calls for...a shit ton. Or a cup. Play it by ear; I wished my peppers had more flavor.
Finally add the rice to this mix and stir it all up. This is the easiest and probably quickest part.
We are now nearing the end! I found it easiest to pick up each pepper individually and scoop the filling in to avoid any messes. Then place them back in the pan, and put the tops on.
Throw them in the oven for 25-30 minutes; I have no idea how to tell if they're done...good luck.
And finally you have a very filling dinner! I couldn't finish mine, partly because it was a lot of food and partly because I could only taste beans. Seriously, add more cheese than you think you'll need.
I'm hoping to try this again in the future, or maybe a different recipe of some sort. I know this wasn't much of an update but you'd be amazed at how I spend my work nights (hint: traffic, facebook, sleeping). The thought of making stuffed peppers has consumed me for 2 weeks, so I'd say I am happy I finally did it!
I hope everyone is having a fantastic week in this weirdly warm October... What the heck is going on?!
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