Stuffed Banana Peppers

I could eat this meal every day for weeks and be perfectly happy n the summer. The sausage I could switch for seasoned burger too. Since sausage essentially hates me (msg is in most sausage)

ANYWAY,
Tonights dinner was peppers from the garden. My mother in law brought us some hot and mild banana peppers as well as a few bell peppers and a jalapeno!
I started with a recipe many moons ago and have since tweaked it to our liking. Forget bread crumbs and eggs. You will not find them here!

We do use a combination of grill & oven broiling for these. They can be just baked in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until peppers are no longer completely firm. Just add some tomato sauce to the bottom of your baking dish and skip the grill. We prefer our peppers a bit charred though

Recipe:
As many fresh peppers as you want to stuff. (they freeze well!)
1 pound sausage
1 cup Italian blend shredded cheese
1 cup Colby Jack/Mozzarella shredded cheese
4oz Cream cheese
2 TBSP Garlic powder or 2 cloves fresh garlic minced
6 TSP (or as much as you want to dip or drizzle) Pasta/Tomato Sauce
1/2 cup shredded cheese (either kind from above)

Instructions:

1. Fry up your ground sausage making sure you get it into crumbly bits then drain off grease.
2. Turn off heat
3. Add garlic, cream cheese and and 1 cup each of shredded cheeses
4. Mix well
5. Dump into mixing bowl and mix again, then let sit
6. Put on gloves (if your peppers are hot)
7. Prepare your peppers by cutting off the stems and slicing a slit down the top middle of each (you can also, if your peppers are large, just slice in half)
8. Remove seeds and membrane (or for more heat leave the seeds)
9. Once all peppers are prepared, begin placing stuffing mixture inside the sliced peppers. It is okay if the mixture is exposed and not completely encased.
10. Turn on oven broiler.
11. Once peppers are stuffed, place on hot bbq grill for 3-5 minutes until peppers are charred on bottoms.
12. Remove from grill onto an oven safe baking sheet.
13. Top each pepper with a drizzle of tomato sauce and top with a small amount of shredded cheese.
14. Broil until cheese on top is melted and golden brown 
15. Remove from oven and let stand 3 minutes or so before serving.
16. Enjoy!!

We use a few different kinds of peppers every time we make this and every time it is delicious. My favorite to use for me are cubanelle peppers while mike gets the hot peppers. More stuffing in mine. haha

Let me know if you like it and how you tweak yours! Happy eating!

This is all we had left! Add with it on your plate some fresh garden tomatoes & grilled zucchini.
AMAZING!