Stuffed Green Peppers

Last night, for a quick meal, Katie and I cooked up some Stuffed Green Peppers. We first sauteed some ground turkey and seasoned with garlic salt, cumin, Tabasco sauce, and ground pepper. Mixed the ground turkey with some brown rice and spicy Southwestern Salsa. Add to hollowed out green peppers and bake. I think we can tweak the recipe a bit to add significantly more flavor. The recipe is below:

1 lb ground turkey (use the kind with a bit more fat, the extra lean turkey wasn't great)
2 green peppers (seeds removed and hollowed out)
spices/seasoning
1 c. Salsa (your favorite kind)
shredded cheddar cheese (I think extra sharp would be great here!)
Olive oil

Heat olive oil in a frying pan and add ground turkey. Season meet to taste with ground cumin (adds a nice Mexican flavor), basil, crushed red pepper, and garlic salt. Most ground turkey is not salted, so be sure you add salt, otherwise the turkey will be very bland. Cook turkey until it is browned. Add to collander and rinse with warm water to remove excess fat.

In the meantime, start your brown rice. Cook until tender. Add to a large mixing bowl. Add the ground turkey and salsa and mix until all is blended together. Spoon in the mixture to the green peppers and cook in over or on the grill (great smoky flavors) until peppers are no longer crunchy (about 20 minutes). In the last 5 minutes, add cheese to the top and allow to melt. Serve.