My Landlord's Delicious Stuffed Pepper

I've been staying in this household in Stapleton, Staten Island, for nearly 3 months now, and my landlord, Mike, has prepared at least twice his favorite, stuffed pepper [click on the link for a typical recipe found online]. He used to own and run a restaurant offering American cuisine for many years. His version of stuffed pepper is prepared rather quick, and ending to be very yummy. He would asked me to cook the rice that would be included in the stuffing (as I bragged about "cooking rice without a rice cooker is no problem, being Asian myself"). He'd include ground beef, egg, flour, plus some special ingredients. The prep work is done fast, in less than 10 minutes, I noticed. He'd add some kind of a pasta sauce in the baking dish, add some cut pieces of potatoes around the stuffed pepper, cover the dish with foil, and then prepare the sides (usually vegetables, and mashed potatoes). The dish is baked in at least 45 minutes. I observed we can actually spend time on our other activities, while the peppers get done. It turns out to be a delightful, filling meal each time....really no frills, no worries for someone like me who'd usually avoid from cooking for others (than for myself alone ha ha ha).

UPDATE: I made the recipe, and here's the first part (please feel free to read the rest of it from my Helium page).

My roommate introduced me to stuffed peppers, which is among his personal favorites. A whole piece of medium-sized, baked stuffed pepper can be a complete meal by itself.

We would have stuffed peppers at least once every two weeks. My roommate says this dish happens to be one of the most frequently ordered by his customers when he used to run and own an Italian-American restaurant. This recipe will also allow you to prepare a variation of a meat loaf from the extra meat mixture (batter) you’re making.

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