Lasagna Stuffed Peppers

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• 1 large red bell pepper
• 1 large green bell pepper
• 1 large yellow bell pepper
• 1 large orange bell pepper
• 2 ½ cups Tomato Meat Sauce (see recipe below) 
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning (Hw:  diy italian seasoning recipe under labe "make it don't buy it" )

1. Preheat oven to 400° Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Slice bell peppers in half lengthwise and remove ribs and seeds. Place pepper halves on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes on the middle rack.
3. Remove peppers from oven. Fill each pepper with ¼ cup tomato meat sauce.
4. Next, spoon 2 tbsp of ricotta cheese on top of the meat sauce in each pepper cup. Pour an additional 1 tbsp meat sauce on top of the ricotta cheese.
5. Top each pepper with 2 tbsp mozzarella cheese. Bake on middle rack for 12 minutes.
6. Remove peppers from oven. Top each pepper with 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning. Bake 5 additional minutes . Remove and enjoy!

Meat Sauce:

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/3 cup onion, diced
• 2 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 28 oz can whole peeled tomatoes, with liquid
• 6 oz. can tomato paste
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried parsley
• ½ tsp dried bay leaf
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp onion powder
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. In a large non-stick sauce pan over medium-high heat, brown ground beef with onion, garlic and sea salt.  Drain excess grease.
2. To the sauce pan, add tomatoes.  Mash the tomatoes into meat until they are crushed and broken up.
3. To the sauce, mix in tomato paste, mushrooms, oregano, basil, parsley, bay leaf, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, and red pepper flakes.
4. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered – 30 minutes.