Italian Sausage Stuffed Banana Peppers

Ingredients

• banana peppers – long and large, but uniform in size
• Italian sausage
• ground pork sausage
• butter
• olive oil
• onion – peeled and diced
• garlic – minced
• cream cheese – softened
• Parmesan cheese – grated
• egg – for binding
• Italian seasoning – store-bought or homemade
• crushed red pepper – optional
• marinara sauce – store-bought or homemade
• Italian cheese blend – shredded
• salt
• pepper
• parsley – for garnish, optional
• 10 whole banana peppers look for the straight ones!
• 1 pound Italian sausage
• 1 tablespoon butter oil
• 1 small onion peeled and diced
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 24 ounces marinara sauce store-bought or homemade
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Italian cheese blend
• salt
• pepper
• parsley for garnish, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 1060 calories
• Carbohydrate : 42 grams
• Cholesterol : 295 milligrams
• Fat : 84 grams
• Fiber : 10 grams
• Protein : 36 grams
• SaturatedFat : 34 grams
• Sodium : 2660 milligrams
• Sugar : 21 grams