Our local grocery store always has peppers on the clearance isle for $0.99—for a mixture of four green, red, yellow, and/or orange peppers. Peppers are a great staple to have on hand. They are easy to wash, slice, and eat with your favorite dressing and/or plain. You can even create tasty dishes with fresh peppers (some recipes are noted below).
As you are preparing for your summer garden, you might even want to review these tips on how to grow bell peppers. Also, Bell peppers can easily be frozen to use in cooking. The process is simple—just follow these tips found HERE!
Maybe you steer away from buying fresh peppers to use in your salads because of the multitude of tiny seeds that spill about your kitchen counters and floors. With just a few simple tips, you can pull those seeds right out of your bell peppers:
- Rinse your bell peppers.
- Hold the pepper upright (stem pointing up).
- About 1/2 an inch from the stem slice the top ‘hat’ of the pepper off.
- You should see the seeds intact in the bottom portion of your bell pepper. Slice straight down the sides (white part) to detach the seeds from the pepper’s wall. Pull it out and toss.
- Use the bell pepper to cut into strips to dip, or cut the peppers the perfect width for kebobs.
If you are sauteing dishes with the pepper, you might want to add a little more pepper zest to your dish by brushing off the tiny seeds into the garbage can and using the white seed attachment to dice up and toss into your dish. My mom (Litsa’s) uses every edible part of the bell pepper for decadent Mediterranean dishes.
Enjoy your bell pepper recipes this season!
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