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6 years ago

Mixture of 93% lean ground beef and Italian sausage, grated Parmesan, cooked rice, cooked minced onion, fennel seeds, oregano, and canned diced tomatoes? I made this mostly from a NYT recipe for stuffed peppers, which I made for an elderly friend who recently had angioplasty and stents. His wife told me stuffed peppers are his favorite dish (although she doesn’t eat them) so yesterday I made him four beautifully stuffed, sauced and cheesed on top peppers and have a LOT of the stuffing mixture left over.


We don’t like stuffed peppers per se but this mixture is pretty good. I don’t want to combine it with pasta (rice in it already) and I don’t have anything else lying around handy to stuff. I guess I could go to the store and buy fresh mushrooms to stuff and then freeze them. Is there anything else I could do with it? I’ve googled the ingredient list and keep coming up with skillet recipes of meat and rice. I don’t know what I am even looking for. Any ideas?

Comments (17)

  • 6 years ago

    Shepherd’s Pie! Add a handful of frozen green peas and top with mashed potatoes. 30- 40 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

  • 6 years ago

    I had some leftover in my freezer from when I made stuffed peppers.

    one night we just had the filling as is along with a salad. It was a good meal.

    you are a good friend.


  • 6 years ago

    Soup (add broth and tomato sauce, or other desired liquids) ...

    https://www.thekitchn.com/stuffed-pepper-soup-22971262

  • 6 years ago

    Ooh, cabbage rolls, that sounds good.

  • 6 years ago

    Another cabbage roll vote. Plus you can freeze them too.

  • 6 years ago
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    Stuffed eggplant? I would slice in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh, dice into small pieces, saute until soft then mix into the beef mixture and fill the eggplant halves. Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella if desired and bake until warmed through.


    You could also add a binding ingredient like egg and make into meatballs or is the meat mixture already cooked?

  • 6 years ago

    I would do stuffed zucchini or stuffed cabbage-- or the easier version-- stuffed whatever soup. A little chicken broth and tomato juice makes an amazing broth base. You could add your mixture and either zucchini and cabbage or both.


  • 6 years ago

    That mixture sounds close to my mom's cabbage roll stuffing. I haven't eaten them in many years. Now I'm hungry.

  • 6 years ago

    Stuffed tomatoes, or eggplant perhaps.

  • 6 years ago

    These are great suggestions and cabbage and zucchini would be handy, but I immediately thought of stuffing grape leaves if you can find them. I grew up on grape leaf rolls (the hot kind with meat mixed with rice and veggies not the cold kind with just rice and lemon) and like the extra tang.

  • 6 years ago

    I would love that in a stuffed tomato, baked. Why do stuffed peppers give me heartburn ;0) I can and do eat the peppers raw, but cooked they will fight me.

  • 6 years ago

    You can stuff just about anything with your mix. If you don't have anything right now, it's easy to freeze in one or more convenient sizes, depending on how much you have left.

  • 6 years ago

    Or, you don’t need to stuff anything. You could just bake it, though I would probably add a lot of spinach before baking.

    It could become soup too! Just add broth!

  • 6 years ago

    Morz8: I also have trouble with green peppers-- but not yellow, orange or red! If you haven't tried the other peppers in isolation from green, it might be worth a try!

  • 6 years ago

    Just turn it into meatballs and cook ... add tomato sauce and serve.


  • 6 years ago

    Oh I LOVE all these suggestions! I went to the market in Friday so I won’t be going again for several days and unfortunately I have no cabbage. 🙁. The mixture is completely cooked and I do have a small bag of Yukon gold potatoes, so I think I will make shepherds pie. I haven't made that in many years and this mixture is a lot nicer than my old Shepherds pie recipe.


    The one idea I came up with was to heat it in a stoneware bowl, melt mozzarella over the top and serve as a dip with taco chips and veggies. No taco chips in the pantry so that won’t be happening.


    I also love the idea of turning it into soup, lit would make a fantastic Hearty soup and believe it or not it is chilly in middle Georgia today.


    This is the place for all kinds of inspiration, thank you!