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Begin by boiling a large pot of water.
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While it's boiling, chop top of of each pepper and remove seeds and inner membranes.
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Finely chop tops of three peppers to cook with ground beef.
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Boil peppers for 7-9 min.
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Immediately remove and place in a bowl of ice water.
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Brown ground beef with chopped pepper tops and drain very well.
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Separate cooked beef mixture in half and place in two bowls.
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(About 1 1/2 c per bowl)
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Cook chopped cauliflower until tender(I used the same water I boiled peppers in) Set aside
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Into one bowl of beef mixture add 2 cups of prepared Rice a Roni.
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(Youll have some left over) In the other bowl, add 2 cups of the cooked cauliflower.
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Combine sauce, sugar, seasoning, garlic, salt and pepper.
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Reserve 1/2 c for pepper topping.
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Add 3/4 c of sauce mixture to each bowl of beef mixture.
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Mix well.
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Add 3/4 c of parmesan to each bowl of meat mixture.
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Drain peppers well and place in a sprayed baking dish large enough to fit all 6 peppers(I used a 9x6)
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Fill 3 peppers with the beef and rice mixture.
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Fill 3 peppers with beef and cauliflower mixture.
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Top each pepper with a spoonful of the reserved 1/2 cup of sauce.
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Tightly place foil over peppers and cook at 350 for 50-60 min.
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Add a healing tbsp of mozzarella to each pepper and return to oven.
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The pepper on the left is rice.
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The pepper on the right is cauliflower.
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Gracie approves!!
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