When I was a young teenager, I remember being at a friend's house and seeing her mom take out of the oven a big tray of stuffed peppers. All I could think at the time was "Gross! I'm glad I'm not eating over here tonight." Ah, how young and naive I was back then. Well, it's a good thing I grew out of that because stuffed peppers are delicious! Especially when they have a mountain of cheese melting down the sides. :)
The ingredients that make these stuffed peppers unique are the cauliflower and tomatoes. It calls for sun-dried tomatoes, which are quite tasty. I used stewed tomatoes this time because that's all I had, and they were very good as well. I also doubled the amount of cauliflower in the recipe - no reason besides I just like cauliflower. 
It's so gross it's actually pretty, don't you think? This is the mixture of lean ground beef, cauliflower, tomatoes, seasonings, and vegan cheese. I made a few changes as usual. Instead of using an egg white I used ground flax and blended it in the food processor until it was the consistency of an egg white. That seemed to work well - and I hear flax is healthy too. It has to be with a name like "flax"! I also used lean ground beef instead of ground veal like the recipe calls for. One day I'll venture to see how different it is with veal, but for now I'm content with beef.
After the peppers are stuffed, you just stick them in the oven and TaDah!...
Four delicious little pepper cheese volcanoes. Sweet Boy ate his with ketchup... just like he eats everything. I liked mine plain, and S.D. ate his with some instant mashed potatoes. So give them a try - and don't worry if your kids think they look gross. I used to think so too.
Now, a word of warning: don't make these if you're in a hurry and you've given your grumpy son a popsicle to distract him.
Because you WILL step barefoot into a big puddle of popsicle juice. And your son WILL get out of his high chair with an amount of stickiness on his body that is near impossible to get off. 
That tray is evidence of hands swishing back and forth several times in an attempt to spread the popsicle juice to all corners of the world. :)This is why that night S.D. banned popsicles inside the house. (Haha... That will last maybe 2 days)
Stuffed Peppers
1 can stewed tomatoes
3/4 c. boiling water
3/4 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 c. chopped cauliflower
1 env. Italian dressing mix
1/4 t. crushed red pepper
1 T. ground flax seed
3 T. water
1 c. vegan cheese of choice, shredded
2 large bell peppers, halved, seeded
Preheat oven to 375 F. Drain and chop tomatoes. Blend flax seed and 3 T. water in food processor until thick (consistency of egg white). Mix tomatoes, beef, cauliflower, dressing mix, red pepper, flax seed, and half of cheese. Spoon into peppers. Pour boiling water in bottom of 8 or 9 inch square dish. Place peppers in dish and spray top of peppers with cooking spray. Cover loosely with foil and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Uncover, and bake an additional 15 minutes. Place leftover cheese on top of peppers during last 5 minutes of cooking and loosely cover with foil to melt.
Enjoy!
