Ingredients:

• 1 large zucchini (split and hollowed)
• 1 lb sausage
• sage
• pistachios
• nutmeg
• cardamom
• pomegranate molasses
• 1 cup black rice

Ingredients (alternate):

• 1 giant zucchini sawn into boats
• I run the seeds and such through a blender and add them back into the mix
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 cup rice (cook it ahead though)
• 1/4 cup pomegranate molasses
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 green bell pepper finely diced
• 1 onion finely diced
• Kalamata olives (sliced or diced)
• plain smoked almonds (house-made)
• ground flaxseed (boost fiber)
• cardamom
• basil
• parsley
• thyme
• black and white pepper
• cayenne
• salt

Directions:

• split zucchini and hollow the inner bits (you can grind these and eat them if you want)
• mix the stuff together (including any ground up bits from the zucchini)
• fill the boats with all the stuff
• bake for an hour at maybe 325f
• adjust the above as necessary

Best of luck.

Latest version (20230924):

Ingredients (alternate):

• 1 giant zucchini sawn into boats
  • run the seeds and such through a blender with the following
  • cashews
  • sun dried tomatoes
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 shallot finely diced
• mushrooms
• 1/2 cup white wine (used to deglaze after sausages, shallots, and mushrooms fry)
• ground flax seed and oat bran (boost fiber)
• cardamom
• cinnamon
• thyme
• black and white pepper, cayenne, salt
• 1 cup rice (cook it ahead though)

Ingredients (alternate):

• mushrooms
• black rice
• bacon
• caramelized onions
• 3 eggs (binder)
• ricotta
• mozzarella
• pecorino
• garlic confit
• marjoram
• savory
• salt
• pepper
• white pepper
• cayenne
• cornstarch

Any of these could be used or modified for stuffing bell peppers of any color.

Here is one I used for bell peppers.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb spicy Italian sausage
• 1 C black rice
• finely chopped shallots
• garlic
• 3 plums chopped
• ½ C oat meal
• 1 T ground flax seed
• 1 T oat bran
• yogurt
• salt, pepper, and cayenne

The bell pepper go into the oven (300-325f) for maybe 90 minutes.