Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Peppers

I love pizza.  I love pizza.  I really love pizza.  And with my current diet, pizza is hard to come by.  I can't have grains, so regular crust is out.  I can't have gluten free crusts so that's out too.  What's left???  Meat and vegetables.  If you read my post about Chicago, then you know that one can make meat into a crust and it is delicious.  Well, I wanted to try something less intensive so I went on an Internet search and found these: pepperoni pizza stuffed peppers.  In reality, I didn't exactly follow the recipe, but I used her idea to create my own pizza creation.

I started with one red bell pepper.  I cut it in half, seeded it and baked it for 20 minutes.  While my pepper was baking, I made my own homemade sauce and grated up some mozzarella cheese and cut my pepperoni into quarters.  I did not measure anything when I stuffed my peppers...I just stuffed them full.

Before baking: I layered some cheese, then some sauce, then pepperoni, then cheese.  I did sprinkle them with Italian seasoning because I had some, but I didn't use any parmesan cheese because I was being lazy and didn't feel like grating any more cheese.

And after baking:

 
These tasted so good.  I ate them with a fork and knife and managed to be pretty neat about it and get some of everything in every bite.  I loved the sauce and cheese and pepperoni, though next time I will probably try sausage instead.  It really did taste just like pizza and I'm glad I found an alternative that I can enjoy and isn't too labor intensive.  I was pleased to eat something delicious today since a lot of times I eat the "same old, same old."  Food can be delicious no matter what diet you are on!