Roasted Peppers Stuffed With Potatoes and Cheese

Antoine Augustin Parmentier, the French 18th-century pharmacist and agriculturist, was a champion of the humble spud. He campaigned for decades trying to person his chap Frenchmen that the murphy wasn't poisonous; it was the antidote to starvation. Thank goodness Europeans yet listened to Antoine and different advocates of the starchy tuber. Otherwise McDonald's whitethorn person resorted to supersizing Dahlia tubers; different edible tuber, but not astir arsenic tasty.

Potatoes are casual to prepare, inexpensive, nutritious and delicious -- particularly erstwhile enhanced with herbs. Pair this mentation with a grilled steak; the potato-stuffed peppers tin beryllium made up of clip and baked portion the steak is grilling.

If nutrient isn’t successful your diet, however astir serving the potatoes with a crockery featuring greenish beans alternatively lettuce? Or, since this is Top Tomato week successful the Food section, a platter of home-grown, sliced tomatoes sprinkled with brackish and pepper.

From Cynthia A. Brown, Smithsonian Gardens acquisition specialist.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

• Calories

  520

• Fat

  30 g

• Saturated Fat

  8 g

• Carbohydrates

  54 g

• Sodium

  180 mg

• Cholesterol

  20 mg

• Protein

  12 g

• Fiber

  8 g

• Sugar

  8 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Cynthia A. Brown, Smithsonian Gardens acquisition specialist.

Tested by Cynthia A. Brown.