stuffed red peppers

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This post is in honor of Count Studley and all the "mom time" he's spent over the last couple of months.  He really is quite amazing at pretty much everything he does. He rarely messes anything up. In fact, I'm a wee bit ashamed to say that he probably in the end was a better mom in a lot of ways than I am... 
I still trump on the housekeeping, though!

These stuffed red peppers were totally and completely his creation.  Notice he even served them up with (a few) green beans on the side! Next time we have an over-abundance of red peppers, I'll definitely be turning dinner back over to him again, we all thought they were absolutely wonderful. 

He combined a couple of recipes he found and this is what he ended up with:

Stuffed Red Peppers

4 red peppers
¾ lb ground beef
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup cottage cheese
½ cup cheddar cheese
1 cup marinara sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp ground pepper
½ tsp Italian seasoning
Salt to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Scrape out the insides of the bell peppers and soak them in boiling water for few minutes to make them tender. Cook the ground beef with the chopped onion and garlic over high heat and continue stir frying them until the garlic browns and the onions become translucent. Meanwhile, blend the marinara sauce and cheese together in a bowl, season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Put in the rice and hamburger mixture and mix thoroughly. Stuff the bell peppers completely with the filling. Arrange them on a baking dish. Top each of them with grated cheese. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese melts. 

Enjoy!