For all you Martha Stewart-types out there, making a stuffed pepper isn’t that big of a deal. I get it. But I am still finding my way around a kitchen so having my first stuffed peppers recipe turn out delicious and pretty is quite exciting.

I found the recipe while finalizing our biweekly order from Door to Door Organics. What caught my eye is the use of MM Local products. MM Local is a unique company and the products I have tried are extremely delicious and obviously of very high quality. Below is an excerpt I love from the MM Local website:

Our philosophy is: simple. We partner with local growers to pick our produce at the height of ripeness, and preserve those delicious local flavors using the most natural and traditional methods of putting food by. It’s real, local food that tastes like it’s supposed to. So we can all eat local and delicious, all year round.

I think a wonderful present (Christmas shopping will begin soon people!) would be a gift of the Harvest Share program. Pair that with a cooking class and any home chef would be in heaven.

A few subtle shifts were made to the Door to Door recipe. I used perhaps one too many scoops of the peppers, so be careful with those. Also, because I was shopping for multiple recipes this week I chose to incorporate feta cheese into the quinoa mixture. It melted nicely and helped to balance the peppers. Finally, I skipped the mushrooms because, well, we hate mushrooms in the Anderson household!

What successful recipe gave you an “a-ha” moment that your cooking skills were improving?