Mom B's Stuffed Peppers

This is one of the few recipes that Mom showed me how to make, step by step. It was after I moved to Brampton and came home for a visit. Mom picked me up at the airport and we went to the camp. This is one of my favourite recipes of Mom's because it has memories attached to it. I wrote it down after we made it and make it to this day.

6 large green peppers
1 lb. ground beef
1 chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. minced or 2 cloves fresh garlic
splash worchestershire sauce
1 cup cooked rice
1-15 oz. can tomato sauce
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Cut thin slice from stem end of each pepper. Remove seeds and membranes; rinse. Cook peppers in enough boiling water to cover for 5 minutes; drain. Cook and stir hamburger and onion in 10 inch skillet until hamburger is light brown; drain. Stir in garlic, rice, salt and 1/2 can tomato sauce; heat through. Stuff each pepper with hamburger mixture; stand upright in ungreased baking dish with 1/2 the remaining sauce from the can. Pour remaining sauce over peppers. Cover, cook in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Uncover, cook 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with cheese.

For variety in flavour and colour, use red, yellow and orange peppers also. The meat mixture works quite well in cabbage rolls, too!