Beef and Vegetable Stuffed Peppers

Ground beef and vegetables make for excellent South Beach friendly stuffed peppers.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 3/4 cup vegetable juice
• 2 large green peppers
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 6 oz tomatoes
• 2 tsps garlic
• 4 dashes sea salt
• 1 tsp parsley
• 4 dashes black pepper

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 °F (190 °C).
2. Mix the ground beef, onions and spices together in a bowl and divided into four balls.
3. Cut the green peppers in half and clean.
4. Coat the bottom of a baking dish with vegetable juice, like V8. Use just enough to coat it.
5. Add peppers to pan and pour just a little bit more of the vegetable juice to the inside of the pepper.
6. Add to the pepper the ground beef "balls".
7. Top each stuffed pepper with the crushed tomatoes.
8. Pour the remainder of the vegetable juice over the stuffed peppers and cook for about 45 minutes.