what to do with green peppers?
littlelily613
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I just got an amazing deal on green peppers from the farmer's market. Paid 5$ and got about 20 peppers. Of course it's only a good deal if I don't let them rot. Any ideas on what to do with them? They need to be paleo friendly!
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stir fry0
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Stuffed peppers, freeze extra.
Fajitas
Just dice and freeze for later0 -
white fish, bacon, peppers, chopped tomatos, fry it all up in a pan, grate cheese over and gril - yummy0
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Grill em and put em on a steak.
Stuff them with something.
Stir fry them
Add them to salad0 -
Cajun food! Green peppers are in all the recipes. Jambalaya! Yum!0
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I put them in salsa, with cucumber, onion, jalapeno, and tomatoes of coarse season with cumin, a little sea salt and garlic powder0
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eat them... you should definitely eat them0
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grill them and eat them with anything0
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Fajitas
Salad
Paleo-friendly pizza - there is such a thing0 -
I have a bumper crop from our garden I use them for stir fry and omelets. Last night I chopped up potatoes, onions, green peppers and garlic and cooked in the skillet...then added cooked ground sausage.0
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Just dice and freeze for later
This. It works best if you can slice them, lay them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and start to freeze them a bit before packaging them in containers or baggies. They don't stick together so much when you pull them out to use for stir fry or whatever else you might be making.0 -
stuffed pepper soup0
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-Sliced, Raw
-Stuffed (can take out rice for Paleo friendly)
-Add to almost any sauce
-Sautee with onions and garlic and turn into a broth/cream based soup
-Stir Fry
-Gumbo
-Add to a breakfast hash0 -
Anything and everything, eat them raw, fry them, steam them, sautee them, grill them, put them in soup/stew, stuff them in some sort of meat. By far one of the best and most versatile veggies!0
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Sausage and peppers....a little onion too.0
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eat them... you should definitely eat them
Very insightful... Thanks for the tip...0 -
Sweet Stuffed Bell Pepper Soup
http://soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2012/11/sweet-stuffed-bell-pepper-soup.html
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients
Medium onion, diced
Salt and black pepper to taste
Pinch of red pepper flakes
16 oz lean ground beef or turkey
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 bell peppers, chopped (use any color combination you like)
1 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
4 cups beef or chicken broth
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
Parmesan (optional)
Directions
Spray a large pot with non-stick cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, sprinkle with salt & peppers and allow them to sweat for a few minutes. Add the ground beef and brown. While the beef is browning, chop the peppers, and puree the stewed tomatoes in the blender. Once the beef is brown, stir in the chopped peppers and the diced tomatoes. Let the flavors mix a bit. Add the pureed stewed tomatoes and broth. Add the rice and raise the heat to high. Bring everything to a boil then cover and reduce to a simmer. Continue to simmer for about 30 - 40 minutes until rice is tender. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan if you like.0 -
Thanks for all the serious ideas. Welcoming others as well. Bad thing is that I don't have a deep freeze, but I can still freeze some of them0
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Sweet Stuffed Bell Pepper Soup
http://soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2012/11/sweet-stuffed-bell-pepper-soup.html
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients
Medium onion, diced
Salt and black pepper to taste
Pinch of red pepper flakes
16 oz lean ground beef or turkey
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 bell peppers, chopped (use any color combination you like)
1 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
4 cups beef or chicken broth
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
Parmesan (optional)
Directions
Spray a large pot with non-stick cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, sprinkle with salt & peppers and allow them to sweat for a few minutes. Add the ground beef and brown. While the beef is browning, chop the peppers, and puree the stewed tomatoes in the blender. Once the beef is brown, stir in the chopped peppers and the diced tomatoes. Let the flavors mix a bit. Add the pureed stewed tomatoes and broth. Add the rice and raise the heat to high. Bring everything to a boil then cover and reduce to a simmer. Continue to simmer for about 30 - 40 minutes until rice is tender. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan if you like.
Mmmmm I will leave the rice out and try this for sure!!!0 -
Green peppers are one of the easiest things to freeze. You just cut them in half, take out the seeds, wash them and throw them in a bag to freeze. No blanching or anything else. They do lose their stiffness after freezing so they are not much use for salads but great to use cooked. Getting a little fancier, so you can grab a handful at a time out of the freezer, is to cut them up, dry them with a paper towel, and freeze the pieces in a single layer on a cookie sheet. If you throw them into a bag when they are already frozen, they shouldn't stick together in one big lump. My mother always froze a bushel or so of green peppers for us to eat all winter.
Also, look for cheap red peppers right now. They can be frozen the same way or roasted first and then either frozen or whirred into a puree and frozen. The frozen red pepper puree can be turned into soup or a good pasta/veggie sauce.0
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