Stuffed Peppers

My friend Shirly came over the other day and made me these amazingly delicious and simple stuffed peppers. It is a simple and hearty meal that takes minutes to make.

What you'll need:

You can use any vegetable you want but I love the red peppers, I also added a couple yellow zucchinis I had in the fridge...

8-10 peppers (top sliced off and cleaned inside)
about 1 1/2 cups of rice
1 1/2 lbs of ground beef
salt
pepper
chicken powder
1 can of tomato paste
some boiling water
parsley for garnish

Clean out the peppers and arrange them in a pot like in the picture. In a separate bowl, mix the rice with the meat and season with salt, pepper and chicken powder (about 1 tbsp). Fill each pepper about 3/4 of the way full and then poke your finger in each one to get all the filling down and leave some room for the rice to expand. In a separate bowl, add about 3/4 of a small can of tomato paste, about 2 cups of boiling water and season.
Pour a few spoons of the mixture into each pepper and the rest slowly around the peppers into the pot. Place in med-high heat and bring to a boil for about 30 minutes. Then put it the oven at 350 degrees for an additional 30 minutes or until golden and broiled. Garnish with parsley and enjoy!