SWEET AND SAVORY STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS

Sweet and Savory Stuffed Banana Peppers image

Provided by Kimberly Biegacki

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 28

3 servings of barley cooked according to pkg
1/2 medium onion, diced
2 bay leaves, dried
2 Tbsp dried basil
16 medium banana peppers and/or hot peppers, sliced and cleaned out
SWEET STUFFED BANANA PEPPERS
1/2 pkg of cream cheese
2 Tbsp pineapple, crushed and drained
2 Tbsp coconut manna
1 Tbsp cream of coconut
2 tsp cinnamon blend mixture
2 Tbsp pecans, chopped
SAVORY STUFFED PEPPERS NO. 1
add half of your barley in a bowl
1/2 small can of sliced mushrooms, chopped
2 Tbsp parmesan and romano cheese
1 Tbsp cream cheese
1/8 tsp garlic powder
dash of salt and pepper
SAVORY STUFFED PEPPER NO. 2
add other half of barley in a bowl
4 Tbsp mexican blend shredded cheese
3 Tbsp chopped roasted red peppers
1/8 tsp cumin
dash of salt and pepper
GARNISHES
sweet a spinkle of cinnamon and extra pineapple on top if desired
for savory 1 tbsp of sour cream and dash of pepper

Steps:

1. Saute your onions and set aside. Prepare your barley as directed and add your bay leaves while cooking barley and then remove when cooked. Add your 3 tbsp. of butter, sauted onions and dried basil. These are ingredients for the sweet stuffed peppers.
2. Prepare you sweet ingredients; mix together all ingredients. Make sure that doesn't have too much liquid. If so, add more cream cheese or coconut manna. Now stuff your hot peppers and/or sweet banana peppers.
3. Prepare your savory ingredients No. 1; mix your barley, mushrooms, parmesan, romano, and cream cheese. Also add your salt, pepper and garlic.
4. Prepare your savory ingredients No. 2; mix your barley, cheese, roasted reds, cumin, salt and pepper. Now stuff your peppers.
5. Cook for 350 for 40 to 45 minutes. Check on them at 30 minutes.
6. Add garnish if desired. This is one sweet and one savory with the mushrooms.
7. Upclose of the sweet stuffed hot peppers with garnish of cinnamon.
8. Upclose of savory with Mexican cheese blend and spices.
9. So, I had leftovers and the next morning I was trying to think what to do with them. Well, I sauteed some diced potatoes added a stuffed pepper and got that all nice and hot then added 2 eggs, cream and adobo sauce blended together and combined. Wow, what an amazing omelet. Barley stuffed pepper & potato omelet. I was so glad it worked and was super yummy too. Oh, added a little Frank's Hot sauce and sour cream on top.