Rolled Red Bell Peppers.

These are great as appetizers or light lunch meal.
The best peppers to use are red bell peppers.

Ingredients:
6 red or yellow bell peppers (or a mix),
cut into 1 inch wide strips
(along the longest length,
in order to have long strips)
1 lb. ground meat
1/4 lb. mortadella
1/4 lb. cooked ham
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
toothpicks
extra-virgin olive oil

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°F
To make cutting the bell peppers
into strips easier,
you can first soften them
by placing 2-3 at a time
inside a small plastic bag
and heating them up in the
microwave for 2-3 minutes.
Prepare the meat filling by
processing the mortadella and ham
in a food processor.
Add to the ground meat in large bowl,
then add the bread crumbs and egg.
Mix well. Add salt and pepper.
Take some meat and spread it on
the bell pepper strips with the back of a spoon.
Take one end of the strip
and roll up onto itself until
you have a small roll.
Fasten closed with one or two toothpicks.
Pour enough olive oil into a
long tray to cover bottom.
Place the rolled up bell peppers
flat on one layer, close to each other.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until tops
of rolls are slightly browned.
Remove and let cool before serving.