My blogging buddy Dianna mentioned in a comment on my pepper post that she used to make stuffed peppers.
I’d never made stuffed peppers and since I have oodles of them at the moment, I found a simple recipe and made some.
I used a green pepper and a purple pepper so we could compare their taste.
I served the stuffed peppers with a baked potato and cornbread. We really enjoyed it.
The purple pepper was really good. It had a nice smooth taste to it.
We didn’t care much for the green pepper, it had a harsh taste to it. The stuffing was good so we emptied the green pepper’s stuffing out on our plates and ate it that way.
I used a recipe for Broccoli and Rice Stuffed Peppers by Knorr
I made some changes and additions to it:
ground turkey instead of ground beef
chopped fresh tomatoes
chopped fresh basil
in the casserole dish bottom I put 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce with 1/2 cup water.
After the peppers were done, we sprinkled them with the Worcestershire water
my husband topped his with mixed shredded cheese
I topped mine with ricotta and sour cream cheese
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My blogging buddy Sheryl posted on her blog about fried cucumbers. It sounded like something I’d be interested in trying except I would bake them. I peeled a cucumber, quartered it up, coated it in a bit of olive oil, coated it in crushed herbed croutons and grated parmesan cheese and added them to a tray of squash sticks prepared the same way.
The cucumbers had a nice texture and smelled great, but I think the taste would be described as an acquired one.
I think if I had of used the recipe on Sheryl’s post and deep fried the cucumbers they may have been more to our liking.
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We planted a pack of mixed color carrot seeds. So far only a few of the white ones have matured enough to pick. I topped them, washed them and scrapped the skins clean.
Well, the taste was really not very carroty. It was more like a big crunch with very little taste, for some reason it reminded me of a very bland radish.
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We harvested, shucked, cleaned, cooked and tried to eat some of the ornamental corn. We didn’t care for the plainness of the taste. I think if I had of add a lot of sugar to the water and it would have been better. It’s edible though and would be welcome if one was hungry.
Thankfully, we didn’t grow the ornamental corn to eat. We grew it just to be growing it and maybe get some to dry for decor. If the birds and critters leave us any for that.
We have a large patch of sweet corn for eating, so we’re still hoping for some delicious corn on the cob.
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Here’s a photo of our bounty for the week. I’ve got a few last stragglers of squash. My squash didn’t do very well this year. We’re still getting a few tomatoes. We’ve been eating the tomatoes like candy. Yum! I’ve got oodles of peppers and I’ll be up to my elbows preparing and freezing them someday soon.
Next year we don’t plan to use the variety mix of color seeds. They were a disappointment. We plan on buying individual colors in plants or packs of seeds.
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And that’s all of my gardening updates at the moment.
I wish you all a nice relaxing weekend.
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Your garden bounty looks so delicious!
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Thanks Laura
It truly is mighty tasty. 🙂
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It’s fun to see how you interpreted and adapted the Fried Cucumbers recipe that I’d posted. It looks delightful. It’s too bad that it didn’t turn out to be quite as tasty as you’d hoped.
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Thanks Sheryl
I’m glad I tried them. It’s always fun trying new foodies, 🙂
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Hey! I just tagged you in The Five Senses tag! https://gingerful.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/five-senses-tag
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Thanks Ginger
I appreciate the tag, but will have to pass.
Sounds like a fun game though, wishing you loads of fun with it. 🙂
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It’s okay!! 🙂
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🙂
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I haven’t made stuffed peppers in years. I like the green peppers, but hubby doesn’t. He’d eat the filling, though.
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Hi Patti
The filling is the best part. I’m not a big green pepper eater either. But they do help to make soups and stir-fries mighty tasty. 🙂
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And they make the house smell so good when cooking.
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Thanks Patti
Oh yes… ahh the aroma is wonderful. 🙂
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Wow! What a beautiful harvest photo! I haven’t made stuffed peppers in years, but the one thing I really loved about it was to let the meat filling get really “well done” in the oven – almost crunchy on top. My current hubby wouldn’t touch a green pepper with a 10-foot pole!
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Thanks Dianna
It’ll probably be my last harvest photo until next year. Most of the garden is played out except for the corn… hopefully the critters will stay away long enough for us to have a few messes of sweet corm and also harvest some ornamental corn for decor.
Your recipe for stuffed peppers some delicious. It’s a ashame that MM doesn’t like peppers. I suppose you could use your stuffing in something else like a squash or even cooked by itself might be a tasty meal too. 🙂
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