In the heat of summer, when the garden is producing way more than can be easily coped with, it's great to just be able to throw whole peppers in the freezer in a plastic bag. Come winter here is a good way to use them...

Stuffed Peppers

1 yellow onion
1 Cup cooked brown rice
1 Cup canned tomatoes
Seasonings (salt/pepper/allspice for starters)
1/2 Cup sesame (toasted or white)
1/2 Cup Wheat germ
1/4-1/2 pound sausage, any kind
Cheddar cheese, grated (amount to taste)

Saute sausage, then onion in same pan til brown. Add rice, tomato, seasonings and wheat germ. Simmer 1/2 hr, then stir in most of cheese, then sesame. Seed frozen peppers, stuff with mixture, with more grated cheese on top and bake at 350 for 1/2 hour.

This is sort of the basic mix but can be easily changed by adding lots of garlic, using hamburger instead of sausage, leaving out meat altogether and upping cheese content, adding hot sauce to seasonings, adding other veg. to mix...a great way to use up leftovers when one gets tired of soup.