During the third week in September I made a batch of meaty spaghetti sauce. I divided it in thirds and froze two containers. Tonight I made stuffed pepper with my remaining third. I mixed the ground beef and tomato sauce with a cup of microwaveable rice. That was a mistake. The microwaveable rice lost all its texture and turned into mush! The peppers still tasted good but were badly missing any texture.

Lesson learned – Do not use fast-cooking microwave rice in a dish that is going to bake in the oven!