There are very few vegetables that have price fluctuations like green bell peppers.  I have seen the price go from “feed a family of six” cheap to “not on your life” expensive.  When green peppers are cheap, or at least reasonable, I like to make a full meal out of them, usually by making stuffed green peppers. 

The incredibly simple and delicious stuffed green pepper I make is (and I tweak this quite a bit depending what I have in the pantry):
1.  Cut the top off of four large or six small green peppers, scoop out the insides, throw insides away, and rinse pepper well.  Cut a little tiny bit off the bottom of each green pepper just so it will stand up in a casserole dish.  Dice up the cut off top and bottom pieces of the green peppers. 
2.  In a large skillet, fry up 1/2 pound ground pork and 1/2 pound ground beef with some diced onion, a little garlic and the diced green pepper. (Or use whatever meat is convenient.) Salt and pepper to taste. 
3.  Once the meat is fully cooked and the onions and green pepper pieces are tender, add a small can of diced tomatoes and stir well.  Here’s where you can add a little leftover rice or some bread crumbs or even some stuffing mix.  Don’t go overboard… you want your mixture to be moist. 
4.  Now you’ll want to add a little Worcestershire sauce or maybe a little Tabasco sauce or taco seasoning if you like your food spicy. 
5.  Then add a handful or two of grated cheddar cheese, mix well and begin stuffing your green peppers.
6.  When they are all stuffed, pour just about 1/4 cup chicken broth or water in the bottom of the casserole dish with the peppers and top each pepper with some more grated cheddar cheese, or Parmesan cheese if you like and put the cover on the casserole, or cover it with tin foil. 
7.  Bake in your oven on 350 for about 40 to 45 minutes or until the peppers are nice and soft. 

I don’t think my stuffed peppers ever come out the same twice!  This is a great recipe to use up what you have on hand.  Play around with it as much as your taste buds will allow.  I’d love to see how you would embellish this recipe, or if you have another green bell pepper recipe that you make I’d love to see that, too!