I made stuffed capsicum the other night. Here they are about to go into the oven. My mum would make them from peppers (the long horn shaped ones) my dad grew in the garden. There was always a point in the season where there would suddenly be an abundance of peppers and the best way to get through them was to stuff them. My mother in law also grows them and she actually makes the best stuffed peppers. Not that my mother’s weren’t delicious, they most certainly were. However, being Italian she mixed the mince with bread crumbs whereas my mother in law uses rice with her mince. This makes them healthier and in my opinion tastier. I base my recipe on my mother in law’s but I add touches from my mum’s. Like my mum I use fresh basil, parsley and bay leaves which I picked from my garden.

I planted peppers a few weeks ago when I started my garden. It’s a bit late in the season but I couldn’t help myself. Hopefully they will come good.