I love cooking with peppers. Depending on the type of pepper, you can stuff them, fry them, saute them, bake them, grill them, add them raw to salads or use them in charcuterie boards to dip on amazing dips & salsas. Hope you enjoy this post with lots of peppers recipes!
Stir Fried Bell Peppers

These Mediterranean style stir fried bell peppers are served with feta cheese for a fantastic summer side dish that will literally have you lick your fingers. Get Recipe: Stir Fried Bell Peppers with Feta Cheese
Stuffed Peppers (Albanian Recipe)
This is my family’s recipe of making stuffed peppers. It’s a very simple recipe which holds a lot of nostalgic notes for me. Back home in Albania we used different peppers for this recipe but here in Florida where I live now, I tend to use bell peppers which are abundant year around. Feel free to use peppers of your choice:). Get Recipe: Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers
Marinated Red Peppers in Pressure Cooker
These marinated red peppers are really a delight to serve as meze or tapas. I often make salads with them and serve alongside beans, meats or a variety of meals. They are typical in the Mediterranean and Balkan region with slight variations. Get Recipe: Marinated Red Peppers (Pressure Cooker)
Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers
The mini sweet peppers are just fantastic! They’re easy to find all summer long in the grocery store, they look so pretty and best part is that you don’t have to peel or remove the seeds before cooking them. You just grill them whole after rinsing them and then once grilled serve them with a parsley marinade. Get Recipe: Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers
Grilled Shishito Peppers
Shishito peppers are some of my favorite peppers lately, they’re a little spicy but not too much. I love frying them or grilling them, either way they taste fantastic. Add a dip and snack on them:). Get Recipe: Grilled Shishito Peppers
Red Pepper Jelly (Sweet & Spicy)
This sweet and spicy red pepper jelly is a traditional Southern Italian recipe. You can serve it with fresh bread, cheeses or even top off meats and other foods with it. It’s the best way to preserve the fresh peppers from summer time to use in winter months. Get Recipe: Red Pepper Jelly (Sweet & Spicy)
Unstuffed Peppers With Ground Beef
I love stuffed peppers but can’t deny that they take a little bit of time to prep, stuff, bake etc. As a busy mom, sometimes I just want to get dinner on the table. So this unstuffed peppers recipe with ground beef helps with that. It tastes exactly like stuffed peppers but it’s a lot easier and faster to prepare. Get Recipe: Unstuffed Peppers with Ground Beef
Red Peppers Dip with Feta Cheese
Looking for a delicious red pepper dip to serve this summer to your guests? Look no further than this Mediterranean recipe made with roasted red peppers, feta cheese, yogurt, olive oil, lemons and more! It’s truly a must try recipe:). Get Recipe: Red Peppers Dip with Feta Cheese
Roasted Mini Sweet Peppers
If you don’t have time to grill the mini red peppers like I did before, you can just roast them. So easy and then you can serve the peppers in a salad, as a snack or to top off a ricotta toast! Yum:))). Get Recipe: Roasted Mini Peppers
Cauliflower Puree Stuffed Peppers
If you’re looking to an alternative to regular stuffed peppers, you can check out my recipe for cauliflower stuffed peppers. It’s an olde recipe and it’s time for me to take new pictures and add more details to it but feel free to check it out anyway:). Get Recipe: Cauliflower Stuffed Peppers
Italian Stuffed Bell Peppers
My friend Laura creates and posts authentic Italian recipes in her blog. I hope you check out her Italian recipe for stuffed peppers with no cheese. Get Recipe: Italian Stuffed Bell Peppers
Pasta in Roasted Red Peppers Sauce with Ricotta
I love roasting red peppers as you have guessed by now. You can use them in dips, salads, marinated them and so much more. If you blend the roasted red peppers and add some ricotta to them, you can make a red sauce that is amazing with pasta. Get Recipe: Pasta with Roasted Red Peppers Sauce with Ricotta
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