Slow Cooker Sausage and Blue Cheese Stuffed
Peppers

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serves 4
​Ingredients

• 4 medium green, red or yellow bell peppers
• 1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce or pasta sauce, divided
• 1 pound uncooked bulk pork sausage or sausage removed from its casings
• 3/4 cup uncooked instant rice
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons chopped ripe olives
• 1-1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
• Crumbled blue cheese, optional

Preparation 

• Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. Pour sauce into bottom of a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, reserving 3/4 cup. In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients; add reserved sauce. Spoon mixture into peppers; place in slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender, 3-1/2-4-1/2 hours.
• Spoon cooking juices over peppers. If desired, top with additional blue cheese.

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