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getting Stuffed!

I my house no leftovers are never wasted - we dress them up or 'reinvent' them into new dishes for the next meal, such is the case when I made these stuffed bell peppers. I had a couple of cups of  leftover rice in the fridge along with a slice of steak and mixed veggie sidings from the steak dinner we had the previous night. I wanted to make it like a java rice but didn't have the turmeric powder needed to color the rice yellow so I used the curry powder I had instead and liked the mild spicyness flavor it gave the rice.

Curry Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers
ingredients:
- 2 large bell peppers
- 2 cups of leftover rice
- 1 cup cooked sliced meat of your choice
- 1 cup cooked mixed veggies
- chopped onion and garlic
- 1 tsp or more of curry powder

how to:
- cut the bell pepper in half to make 'cups'  - if you are using the long big ones or if using the round ones have 4 and just cut the tops off, carefully remove the seeds
- blanche the bell peppers in boiling water for 1 minute then plunge in cold water to stop the cooking
- saute garlic and onion in a pan until fragrant
- add the rice, veggies and meat
-season with a little bit salt, pepper and curry powder, mix until rice is evenly flavored with the curry powder, cook for about 5 minutes more
- scoop the rice unto the bell pepper cups, bake in the oven for 10 mins at 350 degrees or until bell peppers are crisp tender


You can have a free hand in this recipe and use whatever is left in your fridge that could go along with the rice. It can a have a mexican flavor with left over ground beef and red beans from your previous chili or taco meal, or Chinese with your left over sweet and sour fish.

The possibilitiesa are endless, don't be afraid to experiment!!!
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