Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 pound beef
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup rice, cooked, or 1/2 cup rice (uncooked)
1/2 can black beans (about 8 oz - whole can is 15 oz), rinsed
1 large tomato, chopped into small slices
6 medium size green bell peppers
2/3 cup marinara meatless spaghetti tomato sauce
2/3 cup water or less - judge for yourself
mozzarella cheese
cheddar cheese

1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 pound beef 2 teaspoons chili powder 2 teaspoons cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup rice, cooked, or 1/2 cup rice (uncooked) 1/2 can black beans (about 8 oz - whole can is 15 oz), rinsed 1 large tomato, chopped into small slices 6 medium size green bell peppers 2/3 cup marinara meatless spaghetti tomato sauce 2/3 cup water or less - judge for yourself

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat the skillet on stove top until hot, add olive oil - it should sizzle. Immediately add ground beef and cook it constantly stirring intill nicely browned and cooked through. Remove from heat. Drain all excess fat. Add 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt to cooked ground beef, stir to combine.
To the same skillet, off heat, add black beans, chopped tomatoes, and cooked rice. Note: make sure to rinse black beans really well and drain. Add more spices: 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt to beef, stir to combine.
Prepare bell peppers for stuffing: cut the tops off, stem and seed them.
Stuff each bell pepper with the filling. Fill the baking dish with marinara spaghetti sauce and up to 2/3 cups of water (don't pour all water at once - just pour enough to make the marinara sauce less dense). Place stuffed bell peppers tightly into prepared baking dish, cavity side up. In my case, I used 2 large bread pans. Top each pepper with both grated Mozzarella and Cheddar cheese. Sprinkle some cheese over the tomato sauce too. Cover with foil
Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the peppers are tender and the filling is hot. Serve in shallow bowls, with some of tomato sauce on the bottom.