Special stuffed peppers
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | mediums | Green peppers | 
| 1½ | pounds | Ground beef | 
| ¼ | cup | Chopped onion | 
| ¼ | cup | Chopped celery | 
| ¾ | cup | Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned) | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Basil | 
| ½ | cup | Tomato juice | 
| 10½ | ounce | Cream of mushroom soup (condensed) | 
| ⅓ | cup | Milk | 
Directions
Cut ¼-inch slice from top of each green pepper; remove seeds. Cook green peppers about 5 minutes in enough boiling salted water to cover them; drain.
Pan-fry ground beef, onion and celery until lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients; combine thoroughly. Fill green pepeprs with meat mixture.
Stand upright in shallow baking pan; add small amount of water. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) about 30 minutes. Serve hot with mushroom sauce made by heating together mushroom soup and milk. 
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias