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Easy Cheesy Green Pepper Dip

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Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 413

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon margarine
  • 1 large green pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 - 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 8 ounce garden vegetable flavored cream cheese
  • 1 cup shredded Italian cheese blend

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
  • Brown the ground beef in a large skillet and drain.
  • Chop the large green pepper into small pieces. You should have about 2 cups.
  • Melt margarine in a large sauce pan.
  • Add the green pepper and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove 1/4 cup of green pepper from the sauce pan and set aside for later.
  • In the sauce pan, add the diced tomatoes and the ground beef you browned earlier and mix together with the green peppers. Cook for 5 more minutes.
  • Now add the garden vegetable cream cheese to the green pepper mixture and stir continuously until the cheese has completely melted.
  • Transfer the cheesy green pepper mixture into a lightly greased 9 x 9 or 1.5 qt oven safe baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with shredded cheese and top with the sauteed green peppers you set aside earlier.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 5 minutes or until the shredded cheese has melted. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 413kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 324mg | Potassium: 415mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 740IU | Vitamin C: 22.1mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 2.3mg