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Bell peppers in meatloaf

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Towlieee

Think I'm going to make some meatloaf tonight (basic run of the meal meatloaf) 
I've made it with and without green bell peppers, my girl claims we NEVER used bell peppers (I know I've made it with them lol)

But now that I'm growing my own baby bells, I want to use some of MY bells in it!  My question is, I have some ripe red bells, and some green bells that are "big" and about to ripen, so I could pick them nad use them.  But I've never used red bells.  

Would it taste right if I used like half green and half red?  I'm sure it would, but don't wanna ruin dinner over it and have her say "I told you so" lol
 
Definitely not going to ruin anything. Sounds good to me. We've made some Mexican stuffed peppers using half chorizo and black beans before in Yellow bells. They were great.
Always worth trying something new.
To me anyway.
 
Reminds me of when Mum used to make it by stuffing the Bell peppers with meatloaf and place it in a pressure cooker with the peppers surrounded by rice.
 
They are basically going to steam inside the meatloaf from raw to steamed, it will not taste great, I would sautee them with onions first, still crisp just a light saute for flavor, then add them in. Dice onions and peppers all same size, saute lightly in olive oil, drain on paper towel. Add to meat loaf.
 
For the WIN!
Bells in anything is nothing more then a color reference
Bell peppers are alot like iceberg lettuce"aint nothing to it"
Even roasted bell peppers struggle with anything "flavor"
BUT! they do add moisture,which IMO is the only real winner in a meatloaf
Toasting off bread/cracker crumbs(more) roasting off loads of garlic and onion all ramp up well passed what a bell of any color will do for a good meatloaf.
No I do not put bell pepper in my meatloaf :)
Ozzy2001 said:
Definitely not going to ruin anything. Sounds good to me. We've made some Mexican stuffed peppers using half chorizo and black beans before in Yellow bells. They were great.
Always worth trying something new.
To me anyway.
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He says he grows his own bells, so I'd put them in, homegrown veg is the best, and he might not be growing poblanos. Kick it up with spice tho!
 
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