Bell Peppers
September 2026
Check out some creative dishes with basil below:
Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers are a popular way to use these vegetables. Because they’re big and hollow on the inside, they’re easy to stuff with whatever you choose.
We chose rice and Abbott’s plant-rich ground ‘beef’ in a tomato sauce. Perfection!
Peperonata
Peperonata is just sweet bell peppers with some olive oil, onions, and tomatoes. Simple, but delicious! You can have it alongside a meat dish or on top of toast. A great way to enjoy the sweetness of bell peppers!
From Samantha - Virginia Beach
Muhammara
You may have heard of this Middle Eastern dip made from roasted red peppers. With pomegranate molasses, tomatoes, walnuts, and other Middle Eastern spices, you’ll have a delicious dip to use with pita chips or on top of crusty bread!
From Stephanie - Boca Raton
Fun Facts about Bell Peppers
Red Bell Peppers are high in Vitamin C
Red peppers actually have double the amount of vitamin C as green peppers.
Purple and White Peppers are a different variety of pepper
Purple and white peppers are a different variety, and both of these colors are actually the colors of the pepper in their ‘young’ phase. If allowed to remain on the plant, they’d turn a darker red.
The colors of bell peppers depend on how long they stayed on the plant
Green peppers are the youngest, and therefore the most bitter, being picked before they can change into another color. Yellow and orange are next. They’re a little sweeter, but mildly so. Then there’s red peppers, the final color and the one that tastes the sweetest.
Bell Peppers were sometimes used in traditional Chinese medicine
They could be used to help with poor blood circulation, digestive issues, swelling, or even frostbite.
