Stuffed Peppers

This is a recipe that takes maybe an 1-2 hours of prep time...well if you are making over 6 peppers.
So I tend to make this recipe only when I know I have the time to put ino the prep work, and also when I'm trying to impress someone.

This recipe makes about 12 servings. I repeat, I live with 3 men, it is necessary.
 Preheat oven to 350

Items you will need,
Cutting board
good knife
cast iron skillet (my preference, you can use any large skillet)
wooden spoon
large metal serving spoon
can to drain grease into
dish big enough to put your peppers in to bake them
4 lbs ground turkey
7 stalks of chopped celery (optional but great!)
half a large red onion or an entire medium red onion diced
4 tablespoons diced garlic
salt
bell peppers
pasta sauce  (i use this recipe, you can use whatever you like http://cuisinewithmaureen.blogspot.com/2016/12/tomato-garlic-and-fresh-basil-pasta.html)
rice (optional)
nut of your choice (optional. I have not tried this yet, I just image they would taste great with almonds, cashews or water chestnuts)

Empty your defrostd ground turkey into our skillet
have your grease can and metal spoon at the ready to collect grease
break the meat down with the wooden spoon
some people will season their meat now, just throw some pinches of salt and pepper on it and stir

cut the stems off the tops of the peppers and clean out the insides

dice the onion ( or buy prediced onion, it's okay to cheat sometimes)
rince and shop the celery, cut into small bit size pieces,
I cut eat stalk in half lenghtwise  and then cut into quarter inch pieaces

dice your garlic (or buy prediced garlic)
if you don't have garlic, garlic powder or garlic salt work just fine!!

add these to the meat once you have all the grease drained from the skillet. Stir them all in and add pinch of salt.

Let them until they are a little wilted.

You can cut your peppers in half or leave them as a bowl.
Assemble them in your baking dish.
I actually use 2 baking dishes, a smaller one for my dad who wants nothing to do with tomatoes and a large one for the rest that receivethe sauce.

If you don't have a need to separate the meat, skip this step.
I fill 2 peppers with the sauceless meat, and put a little extra filling in that dish.

I add my pasta sauce to the rest of the filling, making sure it's all well coated, I like to put a bit more in for the flavor. You can add as much as you want.

Add this filling to the peppers. And top them off with a even layer of sauce on top of each.

Put these in the oven for about 20 minutes.