{"id":16501,"date":"2014-01-10T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16501"},"modified":"2014-01-10T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T18:04:00","slug":"leftover-ideas-mashed-potato-stuffed-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/01\/leftover-ideas-mashed-potato-stuffed-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Ideas: Mashed Potato Stuffed Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/01\/leftover-ideas-mashed-potato-stuffed-peppers\/porkchop_sauerkraut\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16503\" alt=\"Pork chop with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/porkchop_sauerkraut-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/porkchop_sauerkraut-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/porkchop_sauerkraut.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>For New Year&#8217;s Day, our tradition is to eat pork and sauerkraut for good luck and health in the upcoming new year. Normally I do country ribs in the slow cooker but I didn&#8217;t have any this year.\u00a0 We had some bone-in pork chops instead but that left things off balance in terms of leftovers.<\/p>\n<p>The pork chops were eaten leaving us with leftover mashed potatoes and sauerkraut.<\/p>\n<p>What to do?<\/p>\n<p>I had some green peppers that needed used up and figured that I could stuff those with the leftover mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2014\/01\/leftover-ideas-mashed-potato-stuffed-peppers\/mashed_stuffed_peppers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16502\" alt=\"Mashed potato stuffed peppers with a tomato and sauerkraut sauce.\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mashed_stuffed_peppers-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mashed_stuffed_peppers-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mashed_stuffed_peppers.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I added a can of diced tomatoes to the sauerkraut and a little pinch of brown sugar (to help cut the tartness a bit), mixed that all up and poured it over top of the stuffed peppers.\u00a0 I baked the stuffed peppers in a casserole dish at 400 for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The resulting dish was comforting and filling, perfect for a chilly evening.\u00a0 I was able to utilize the leftovers in a new way and use them all up! I&#8217;m calling that a leftover success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m pretty sure this might be a go-to dish now whenever we have leftover mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For New Year&#8217;s Day, our tradition is to eat pork and sauerkraut for good luck and health in the upcoming new year. Normally I do country ribs in the slow cooker but I didn&#8217;t have any this year.\u00a0 We had some bone-in pork chops instead but that left things off balance in terms of leftovers. 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