Cheesy Italian Sweet Pepper Bites - Recipes Food and Cooking from Recipes Food and Cooking (2024)
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Cheesy Italian Sweet Pepper Bites
Fresh From Florida Bell Peppers are now in season! Green Bell Peppers are the most common variety of pepper but we can’t stop there. We’re seeing red, oranges. purples and yellow peppers too! These are just green peppers that are allowed to ripen further which changes the flavor and adds sweetness to the peppers. Back in the day when I worked in commercial kitchens in Michigan when we would get cases of the red peppers to roast we’d call them “red gold”.
Be sure to look for this label when shopping to be sure you are buying Fresh From Florida produce! Florida farmers make it possible for you to enjoy fresh produce all year long. I love supporting my local farmers every time I make a purchase that has the Fresh From Florida logo on it. I know that the vegetables and seafoods are of the highest quality and are available all year long.
Peppers are high in Vitamin C supplying200 percent of the vitamin’s daily value from one pepper. They are also a good source of niacin, copper, thiamin, folate and magnesium, green bell peppers also are a very good source of dietary fiber, potassium and manganese as well as vitamins A, B6, and K.
I love the mini peppers that are so available right now in reds, yellows and orange. They are bred from the large green pepper to be smaller, crunchier and have fewer seeds. They are the perfect snacking size! Appetizers are one of my favorite uses for them.
If you’re looking for hotter peppers don’t worry we grow them too! St. Augustine is know for their Datil Peppers and every October host a Datil Pepper Festival where you can purchase all things made from datils and watch chefs compete using this spicy pepper. These peppers have been Florida grown since the 1880’s! Here in Florida we grow them all, from sweet to hot.
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Today I want to share a simple appetizer recipe with you using Fresh From Florida Mini Sweet Mini Peppers. I start with a jarred spaghetti sauce and doctor it up a bit. Then I clean the peppers, add a little sauce, some string cheese and bacon bits. Bake until the peppers are tender. There are so many ways to use these peppers as easy appetizers, try filling them with tuna or chicken salad (for a gluten free option), taco meat and cheese (baked) and topped with some crunchy corn chips or simply saute strips of the peppers in olive oil, balsamic vinegar and garlic and serve on grilled garlic bread.
Tender, sweet Florida mini peppers stuffed with spaghetti sauce and cheese, then topped with bacon bits.
Ingredients
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 lb. hamburger
1 teaspoon basil
1 bag Florida Sweet Mini Peppers
1 package string cheese or mozzarella
bacon bits
Instructions
Brown the hamburger. Add the spaghetti sauce and basil. Cook for 15 minutes.
Remove the stem from the peppers with a paring knife. Cut the peppers in half. Place on a greased baking sheet.
Fill the pepper half with the spaghetti sauce.
Cut a piece of the cheese to fit in the center of the pepper.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Add bacon bits to the top of the cheese.
Bake another 10 minutes until golden brown and peppers are tender.
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You can eat mini sweet peppers just like you would eat something like baby carrots. Just dunk them in things like hummus, ranch dressing, or blue cheese dressing and gobble them up. We like to roast them in the oven sometimes for extra flavor and to switch things up.
After extensive research and checking for bug infestation in peppers, the cRc now recommends that all bell peppers must have the crown/stem area removed and the rest of the outside of the pepper be rinsed and rubbed (especially in the grooves) under running water. This is true for mini peppers as well.
The medium thick flesh is the sweetest when it is ripe red, but Carmen peppers are sweet even when immature or green. One of the improved traits is the earliness to ripe red. Gardeners can look for red peppers about 75 days after transplanting into warm garden soil.
Quick and easy to make in just 15 minutes, these Sautéed Bell Peppers are a wonderful way to add color, flavor, and a veggie to so many meals! These perfect peppers make the for the ideal side dish or topping for tacos, fajitas, salads, and more.
These sweet little peppers are great eaten cooked or raw. They may look like feisty, little hot peppers, but in fact they're sweet and perfectly snack sized. Colour of peppers may vary.
The bottom line. Bell peppers are rich in many vitamins and antioxidants, especially vitamin C and various carotenoids. For this reason, they may have several health benefits, such as improved eye health and reduced risk of several chronic diseases. All in all, bell peppers are an excellent addition to a healthy diet.
Yes—whether you're enjoying the produce raw or cooked, you should wash any fruit or vegetable before consuming it. As the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service explains, washing produce helps remove any dirt or bacteria that is present. Bacteria like Salmonella, E.
Place peppers in full sun in warm climates, but be sure they have access to shade in hot temperatures.Keep well-watered.Stake to keep fruit off the ground, mulch for disease and weed control. Rare, great tasting pepper perfect for stuffing.
Red bell peppers, which are the most nutrient-dense, also contain lycopene. As bell peppers ripen, they get sweeter. Green bell peppers are slightly bitter and the least sweet, while red bell peppers are the sweetest.
70 days. Produces a heavy set of 8 inch long, conical, thick walled, very sweet peppers that turn red very quickly. When fully ripe the fruit is amazingly tasty and great for making sweet pickles.
We saved the best (and easiest) for last – eating raw Sweet Peppers is by far the most nutritious way to enjoy this fresh fruit. Eat them as an on-the-go snack, toss them into a light salad, or slice them up and dip them in hummus – it's hard to beat the crispy, sweet crunch of a raw Sweet Pepper.
Red peppers pack the most nutrition, because they've been on the vine longest. Bell peppers come in a range of colors, including red (the sweetest), orange, yellow, and green.
Sour cream, yogurt, ghee, butter and milk can all neutralize the pepper flavor, depending on the dish. Mix in a small amount of a dairy and see if you taste a difference. Cream or milk helps balance out broth-heavy dishes, as well as a variety of other recipes.
They're low in calories and are loaded with good nutrition. All varieties are excellent sources of vitamins A and C, potassium, folic acid, and fiber. Plus, the spicy ones liven up bland food, making it more satisfying.
Do you have to take the seeds out of mini peppers? While you can take out the seeds of mini peppers, you don't need to. The whites and seeds in the peppers are edible and due to their size, it's a smaller amount of seeds vs regular bell peppers.
The snack pepper is a small variant of the classic bell pepper, which can be enjoyed out of hand as a snack or as a side dish through a salad. The snack peppers are also know by the name sweet mini peppers, because of their sweet, fresh and crunchy flavour.
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