Second Recipe of the week, incorporates leftover taco meat as the lean protein for this dish.  Fresh meat can also be used but must be browned with onions prior to assembling this dish.

Ingredients:

• Instant Rice or Jasmine Rice
• Leftover ground beef, 1/3 – 3/4 LB
• 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce
• 1 jar tomato sauce, or chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• oregano or Italian seasoning
• 3-4 stuffed peppers
• salt and pepper to taste
• Chopped carrots

Cook rice according to package instructions.  Combine ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, 3/4 of tomatoes or tomato sauce, pine nuts and seasoning in a bowl. Spoon mixture into peppers, and place in a dutch oven.  Add extra tomato sauce around the peppers, add the chopped carrots.

Cook at 350 for 45 minutes to an hour.