Ingredient: Bell pepper

Bell Pepper is the fruit of the plants in the Grossum cultivar group. It comes in various colors, such as red, orange, yellow, green, white, and purple. Although it is a fruit, it is usually grouped with less pungent pepper varieties, under the category “sweet peppers,” and considered a vegetable. Among all the colors, red peppers are the most nutritious because they are the ripest. Although bell peppers are packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and carotenoids, making them suitable for stamina and eye health, their side effects may include gas or stomach pain for some people. You can cook bell peppers in many ways. They can add flavor to a soup, be sliced raw in a salad or sautéed alongside other vegetables as a fajita ingredient, get pickled and added to a sandwich, or the most obvious recipe: get stuffed with turkey, ground beef, rice, hummus, sweet potatoes or other delicious options, and then roasted in the oven. Bell peppers can also be made into garnish or decoration for kids’ meals thanks to their flower-like shape and bright colors. Their sweetness also makes them an exciting addition to pancakes mixed with berries or diced apples. Bell peppers typically last 1 to 2 weeks in the fridge if they are raw and 3 to 5 days if cooked.