Sloppy Joe Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

• Onions

  Raw

  2 tbsp chopped or 20g

• Celery

  Raw

  1 stalk, medium or 40g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  3 large (2-1/4 per lb, approx 3-3/4" long, or 492g

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  1 lb or 453g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  ½ cup or 123g

• Sucralose

  Sweeteners, tabletop, splenda packets

  1 packet or 1g

• Vinegar

  Distilled

  1 ½ tsp or 8g

• Worcestershire sauce

  1 ½ tsp or 9g

• Mustard

  Prepared, yellow

  ½ tsp or 1 packet or 3g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ⅛ tsp or 0.3g

• Cheddar cheese

  8 oz or 227g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Chop the onions and the celery stalk. Cut the peppers in half lengthwise.
3. Brown the ground beef with the onion, celery, and garlic; drain the fat.
4. Stir in all of the remaining ingredients except the cheese and green peppers. Simmer 10 minutes. Meanwhile, parboil the peppers in a little boiling water, about 3 minutes; drain.
5. Place the peppers in a baking dish. Stir half of the cheese into the hamburger mixture; fill the peppers with the meat. Top with the remaining cheese.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes until hot and bubbly and the peppers are tender. Enjoy!