What's your favorite Frankenfood?
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Chili Mac & Cheese
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Serious craving going on here. I’m going to have to stop by the grocery store on the way home from work tomorrow. Mom taught me her recipe, but somehow mine never turn out quite as tasty as hers. She adds that special Mom Magic, I guess. 
I hope you enjoy the mashed potatoes with yours!
The meat mixture goes into raw bell peppers with the tops cut off, then placed upright in a deep casserole dish, the sauce dumped on top so it fills about 3/4 of the pan, then baked, covered, for at least 1.5 hours.
The main ingredients in the meat mixture are diced onion, garlic, some cooked white rice, and a raw egg or two. Salt and pepper, of course, and what ever spices appeal. My Mom is big on being flexible with recipes and her instructions are things like, “a little of this,” “a pinch of that, or leave it out, whatever.”
I make the meat stuffing very similar to my meatloaf- a squirt of mustard, oregano, a little cayenne, sometimes diced up banana peppers or other chiles. Sometimes Worcester sauce. A few times, I’ve used thyme as the major seasoning and added a little red wine to the tomato sauce.
