Bell peppers - ingredient of the day 12/09/13

[Cheryl]

Bell peppers are on my mind today since I'm using some tonight in a stir-fry recipe and I have bags of them in the freezer.

We use bell peppers on pizzas, in omelets, in stir-fries, in chili, soups, and we love them stuffed.  I'm sure there are more ways we use them but I'm drawing a blank right now.

I welcome any new ideas on ways to use these.  I want to make sure I use up all the frozen ones and none go to waste. 

[greyhoundgirl]

Omelets, pizza, and occasionally in fajitas, here.  We eat the red, yellow, or orange kind raw.  Not a fan of green ones aside from the things I mentioned previously.

[hen41500]

We do the same as Cheryl and Catherine.  We eat the colored ones raw with dressing/dip. Have also put the green ones in meatballs, egg rolls and cole slaw. If I get to thinking that our kids aren't getting enough veggies, then I will pulse them in the blender to make a liquid and add them to soups and chili as well.

~Heather~

[Rooney]

I love these stuffed with chicken or tuna salad.

[jrejhkids]

We put up a lot of diced peppers in the freezer to use over the winter.  We add them to scrambled eggs, stir fry, casseroles, etc.  I will buy fresh ones for fajitas.  I have even roasted them and canned them to use like I would Ortega diced green chilies.

[Cheryl]

We put up a lot of diced peppers in the freezer to use over the winter.  We add them to scrambled eggs, stir fry, casseroles, etc.  I will buy fresh ones for fajitas.  I have even roasted them and canned them to use like I would Ortega diced green chilies.

I have never thought of roasting them and using them like diced green chilies!  Thanks for that idea.  Do you just roast them in the oven?  How many minutes do you can them?

[jrejhkids]

I have never thought of roasting them and using them like diced green chilies!  Thanks for that idea.  Do you just roast them in the oven?  How many minutes do you can them?

Cheryl,

Here is a link to my recipe that I use for canning roasted peppers.

http://holcombfamilyrecipes.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/roasted-peppers/

~Cheryl in Idaho

[Cheryl]

Thank you.

[Sandlappersue]

I also like to freeze ours for use over the winter. I tried dehydrating them and rehydrating later and I do not like the consistancy afterwards. Neither do I with mushrooms. 

We like ours all kinds of ways but the first thing that came to mind was to have them sauteed with onions and served over smoked sausage. I enjoy some in egg fritatas I like them in salad too.