445015 Wed Sep 26 08:33:47 -0700 2007 9 31 Home Cooking 0 2977812 WHat do you add to the standard stuffed bell pepper recipe to liven it up a bit? I was thinking of black olives and some pickled banana peppers. Thanks, Spencer Wed Sep 26 08:33:47 -0700 2007 13328 Spencer 1 2978388 I don't know what your standard is, but I think you can hardly beat a stuffing of rice, ground lamb, dill, parsley, mint, oregano, cinnamon, allspice, pine nuts, and tomato. Wed Sep 26 10:35:39 -0700 2007 2977812 68363 JungMann 2 2978422 Hmm, dill, mint, cinnamon, allspice, and pine nuts. My "standard" has none of these but it sounds deliciously interesting! Thanks for responding. Spencer Wed Sep 26 10:44:13 -0700 2007 2978388 13328 Spencer 3 2978828 It's a Turkish recipe. They make the best stuffed peppers as far as I'm concerned! Wed Sep 26 12:16:31 -0700 2007 2978422 68363 JungMann 4 2979561 Is there a red sauce spooned over the tops in the Turkish recipes? Wed Sep 26 14:47:04 -0700 2007 2978828 13328 Spencer 5 2981264 Sometimes there is, sometimes there isn't. Sometimes you see yogurt with it instead of the red sauce. My preference, though, is for a good amount of tomato sauce as I like my peppers very wet. As chocabot says, you can also throw in raisins or currants for a twist, though I don't like dried fruit in my food. Thu Sep 27 06:53:59 -0700 2007 2979561 68363 JungMann 4 2980112 agree w/ jungmann, but you can use any ground meat and i throw in raisins too. cabbage roll stuffing is similar too. you could go more morrocan w/ coucous, ground meat, cumin, cinnamon, onion, some kind of dried fruit, almonds and mint Wed Sep 26 17:30:52 -0700 2007 2978828 96253 chocabot 1 2978970 Brown onion, add some garlic, then the pork. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix in rice and feta cheese. Yummmmmy. Wed Sep 26 12:50:38 -0700 2007 2977812 46342 donna5657 2 2979555 Feta sounds good- I like feta and olives together. Thanks Wed Sep 26 14:46:21 -0700 2007 2978970 13328 Spencer 1 2979583 I did a bread cube stuffing (like a poultry stuffing) once, and after the stuffing and aromatics were combined I added some spicy salsa to it. It was very well received. Wed Sep 26 14:52:26 -0700 2007 2977812 60923 MobyRichard