April's Grain Free Stuffed Peppers

April Lowe


I made this recipe up when I started cutting back on grains and gluten in my diet.  I wanted a good stuffed pepper without the rice but didn't like all of the Paleo recipes I found so this recipe is the end result of that experimentation.  Don't tell Andy there's no rice!  He still hasn't figured it out!

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb all natural pork sausage (looking for one like all natural Jimmy Dean they sell at Costco)
1/2 c. chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1/2 tsp paprika or smoked paprika
1-2 tsp. montreal steak seasoning (or a really good all purpose steak seasoning)

salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp. green onion, sliced
2 c. tomato sauce (2 cans)
2 c. cauliflower rice (take a head of cauliflower raw to your cheese grater and grate the head until you have 2 c.)
4 lg - 6 med green peppers

Remove tops from peppers and hollow.  Brown meat and then remove from pan and set aside. Saute onion and garlic in a little oil until just browned then add chopped tomato and saute for 2-3 min. Add meat back in and the spices, green onion, cauliflower rice, and 1 c. of the tomato sauce. Cook about 3-4 min. Scoop filling into hollowed peppers and put in pan. Add about 1/2 to 1 inch of water to bottom of the pan.  Pour remaining cup of tomato sauce over the top of all the peppers and bake at 350 for 40 min or until peppers are tender.  Can add more tomato sauce if you like your peppers more soupy.