Mini Sweet Peppers Stuffed with Herbed Goat Cheese

Ingredients

•     30 mini sweet peppers (10 red, 10 yellow, 10 orange, if possible)
•     18 ounces semi-soft goat cheese
•     1/2 cup chives, tarragon and basil,freshly snipped
•     1 clove garlic, minced
•     salt, to taste
•     fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350°F.

Step 2: Leaving the peppers stem intact, cut a slit from the stem to the bottom tip of each pepper and remove seeds. Alternatively, you can cut the top stem off of each pepper and remove seeds.

Step 3: In a bowl combine the goat cheese, snipped herbs, garlic, salt and black pepper. Spoon the mixture into the peppers.

Step 4: On a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray arrange the peppers in a single layer. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes or until peppers are tender crisp.

 
Step 5: Arrange the prepared peppers into a pyramid shape on a small platter and garnish with fresh basil leaves.