Stuffed Peppers with Sausage

My grandmother is, to this day, one of the most phenomenal cooks whose food I’ve had the pleasure of tasting. She and my grandfather gardened and canned for years, and they were able to feed seven children on a pretty meager budget. In order to stretch food and to maximize on her time in the kitchen so she would be able to spend more time with her kids, my grandmother came up with some basic staple dishes that were affordable, delicious, fresh, and able to feed a crowd. She would then rotate these throughout the weeks. Even after her kids were grown and gone, these meals remained frequenters of the dinner table. When I was in grade school, my grandma would babysit me at her house after school until my parents were off work, so I was privileged to have a front row seat to some of these timeless meals.

One of these staple meals was stuffed peppers. I LOVED the stuffed peppers. The flavors of the dish are so unique and the textures are extremely satisfying. Now, she didn’t stuff the peppers with grass-fed meat and I am certain they were made using canola oil, so her exact recipe has not been frequenting our kitchen table. But with this recipe, stuffed peppers with sausage is once again on option for our menu! Made with organic sausage and loaded with nutritional veggies like mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini, these stuffed peppers are tasty and beneficial to our health. What else would you stuff in your peppers?

“Peppers are plentiful this time of year and they are begging to be used as a main dish instead of a side!

I grew up on peppers. My Dad grew them every year and they were a part of my everyday meals during the summer. There are so many ways to prepare them, and stuffed peppers is one of my favorites.

Some people are sensitive to peppers because they are in the nightshade family along with tomatoes, eggplant, and about two thousand other vegetables! The Paleo Mom has some excellent info on her site about nightshade intolerance here.

So far, the peppers are okay for me so for now I am enjoying my stuffed peppers with sausage, veggies, and sage immensely!

I cut my peppers in half, but another way to prep them for stuffing is to cut the tops and seeds out and stuff them that way. Either way they are super delicious!”