Name: Sausage and Blue Cheese Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 medium sweet red peppers -; 2 medium sweet yellow peppers -; 1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce or pasta sauce, divided -; 1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage -; 3/4 cup uncooked instant rice -; 1 small onion, chopped -; 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped -; 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese -; 1 large egg, lightly beaten -; 2 tablespoons chopped ripe olives -; 1-1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes -; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder -; 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning -; 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional -; Crumbled blue cheese, optional -

Ingredients for - Sausage and Blue Cheese Stuffed Peppers

1. 2 medium sweet red peppers

2. 2 medium sweet yellow peppers

3. 1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce or pasta sauce, divided

4. 1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage

5. 3/4 cup uncooked instant rice

6. 1 small onion, chopped

7. 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped

8. 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese

9. 1 large egg, lightly beaten

10. 2 tablespoons chopped ripe olives

11. 1-1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes

12. 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

13. 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

14. 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

15. Crumbled blue cheese, optional

How to cook deliciously - Sausage and Blue Cheese Stuffed Peppers

1 . Stage

Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. Pour sauce into bottom of a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, reserving 3/4 cup. In small bowl, combine next 10 ingredients and, if desired, red pepper flakes; add reserved sauce. Spoon mixture into peppers; place in slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender, 3-1/2-4-1/2 hours.

2 . Stage

Spoon cooking juices over peppers. If desired, top with additional blue cheese.