Stuffed Peppers

My sister & I absolutely love my mom's stuffed pepper recipe.  I think I've made it one other time but it was years ago so I thought I was due.  All in all, they turned out pretty well -- not as good as my mom's but that's not surprising! 

Ingredients:
2 lbs. ground beef
1 cup cooked rice
2 eggs
various seasonings (garlic powder, onion powder, seasoned salt, pepper, etc.)
7-8 peppers
1 stalk celery, diced
1/2 an onion, diced
3 cans tomato soup

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Wash the peppers, cut off the tops & cut out the seeds & pith.

Cut a hole in the bottom of the peppers so the water can drain as they cook.

How fresh & tasty do those peppers look?!

Now you'll need to prepare the meat.  Combine the meat, eggs, rice & seasonings together.
Roll the meat into baseball-sized balls & put them inside the peppers.

Saute onions & celery in a large pot. 

When they're soft, add the 3 cans of tomato soup.  Also, add about a half a can of water.  Mix together.  Add the peppers & meat to the pan & put some of the sauce on top of the meat balls while they cook. 

Cover the pot & cook for 2-3 hours.  I took them out of the oven after a little over an hour, squeezed out some of the water from the peppers & put a bit more sauce over them.  Put them back in the oven for another hour or so.

Take them out of the oven, serve with mashed potatoes & enjoy!  These are a perfect winter dish & are pretty easy to make.