Savory Stuffed Onions, Mushrooms, Sausage And Bell Peppers

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 42
• 24 mushroom caps
• 3 large sweet onions, sliced 1/4 in thick
• 3 -4 sweet peppers or 3 -4 hot peppers, halved horizontally & seeded
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional) or 1 cup romano cheese (optional)
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3 -5 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup bulk sausage
• 1/2 cup celery
• 1 cup onion
• oregano
• basil
• 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• salt
• pepper, to taste
• 3 cups italian style breadcrumbs
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups grated parmesan cheese or 2 cups romano cheese
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 beaten eggs
• water, enough to moisten

Recipe

• 1 divide stuffing into three bowls.
• 2 in three small fry pans: brown a cup of favorite sausage and drain on paper toweling.
• 3 sauté a cup of minced onion in butter or cooking spray.
• 4 sauté a ½ cup of minced celery in a bit of butter or cooking spray.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 6 stuffed peppers: add browned sausage, 1/3 cup sautéed onions, ½ tsp oregano and/or dried basil to 1/3 stuffing mixture.
• 7 add 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
• 8 mix well and stuff pepper halves.
• 9 place on a baking sheet, and bake in the preheated oven 20 to 25 minutes, until stuffing is lightly brown and bubbly.
• 10 stuffed onions: brush onions with olive oil.
• 11 add 1/3 cup sautéed onions, ½ cup sautéed celery, ½ tsp poultry seasoning to 1/3 stuffing mix.
• 12 top onion slices with a mound of stuffing and place on a baking sheet.
• 13 drizzle a bit of butter on top and sprinkle w/ grated cheese.
• 14 bake 20-25 minutes.
• 15 stuffed mushrooms: remove stems from mushrooms.
• 16 chop stems fine.
• 17 coat mushroom caps with oil and set aside.
• 18 add 1/3 cup sautéed onions, and chopped mushroom stems to stuffing mixture.
• 19 stuff caps with mixture.
• 20 place mushrooms on baking sheet.
• 21 drizzle tops with a bit of butter and a sprinkle of grated cheese.
• 22 bake 20-25 minutes.