Food of the Week: Pepperoni Marinari

This week we have another healthy recipe for you to try. It’s a dish filled with various peppers that are actually very good for you. Let’s learn some quick facts about the basic nutrients of these colorful zesty peppers you probably have laying around the house before getting down to cooking (if you want a closer look at nutrition regarding these bell peppers check out this website: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=50) Bell Peppers are in the form of different colors other than the ones listed in the recipe below such as orange and even purple. Collectively Bell peppers show a great source of Vitamin C and Vitamin A as long with other important nutrients. On the website I’ve listed there is a link to over 80 nutrients that the Bell Peppers contain. The brightly colored bell peppers are the peppers with the greatest source of nutrients because they contain the important antioxidants that fight free radicals in your body. Now get to cooking and enjoy.


Pepperoni Marinari ( Peppers with taste of the Sea)
(serves 4)
4 red peppers
12 ounces crab meat
½ cup plain breadcrumbs
1 egg
½ yellow pepper
½ green pepper
1 tblsp fresh chopped parsley
2 tblsps milk
1 whole garlic clove
4 tblsps olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In separate bowl, moisten bread crumbs with milk. Flake crab meat. Chop parsley finely. Chop yellow and green pepper into small cubes.
Heat 3 tblsps olive oil in sauté pan. Place in crab meat and chopped peppers and sauté for 5 minutes. Then add in bread crumbs,chopped parsley, whole garlic clove, salt and pepper to taste. Saute.
In small bowl, whisk egg, then pour into crab mixture.. Mix in and let sauté for 5 minutes over low heat.
Wash, dry yellow peppers, Cut in half, remove seeds and white pith inside. Drizzle 1 tblsp olive oil on bottom of casserole dish. Place in pepper halves and fill with crab mixture. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes. Then remove aluminum foil and bake for another 20 minutes. For last minute place under broil allowing mixture to become golden brown.