Stuffed Green Peppers

This was another case of cooking by committee.

My friend, Carol, had gifted me a

 bunch of green peppers.

I posed the question on Facebook,

what to do with them?

Stuff them was the unanimous response

but I really didn't want to go the traditional

ground beef/rice route.

Someone suggested a vegetarian twist with black beans.

Hm, Aggie (of Aggie's Kitchen fame)

has a black bean burrito recipe that

I thought I could use as a jumping off point.

http://aggieskitchen.com/2009/01/20/skillet-grilled-burritos/

Here's what I did;

I  roasted

an onion

a few cloves of garlic 

 a diced butternut squash

a diced sweet potato

and some zucchini.

Combined that with 

a can of rinsed and drained black beans,

some leftover quinoa

and some shredded cheddar cheese.

I covered them with foil to bake.

I wanted the steam from cooking to soften the 

peppers a bit. 

I took the foil off the last 10 minutes or so.

Some red pepper flakes would have been good in there

but I wanted to send some home with Carol

and she's not quite into the heat

to the extent I am. 

They say your sense of taste 

dulls a bit as you get older.

As does your sense of smell.

And hearing.

And sight.

Excuse me, I need to go cry in my beer.

Or margarita.