Sausage Stuffed Peppers

Prep:
– Preheat your oven to 350F.
– Cook your rice according to package instructions or use left overs.
– Spread 1 cup of sauce in the bottom of your baking dish.
– Remove the casings from the sausage and break up meat.
– Cut and clean peppers, mince onion and garlic, chop herbs and set aside.

In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium heat, add onions and garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add sausage and cook, breaking up with a fork or wooden spoon, until sausage is almost cooked through.

Remove skillet from heat and add the cooked rice and the herbs, mix to combine.

Fill pepper halves with the sausage and rice mixture and place in the prepared baking dish and then top with remaining sauce.

Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Then remove foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

When peppers are done, remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes.