For the sauce: Use premade or jarred tomato sauce. If you want to make a sauce from scratch, get this meat sauce recipe started

For the bell peppers: Preheat the oven to 400F. Slice the bell peppers lengthwise and cut out the stem and seeds, then discard. Drizzle a small amount of olive oil on the halved peppers and place them cut side up in a baking dish. Roast them for 20 minutes, then drain the excess water that pooled in the peppers. Set the peppers aside.

For the filling: In a medium sized bowl, mix together ricotta cheese, garlic powder, chopped spinach, and egg. If your tomato sauce is salted, you might not need additional salt, plus the ricotta is salty. Divide the mixture between the bell pepper halves.

Next, spoon a layer of tomato sauce, or homemade meat sauce, over the cheese filling.

Divide the parmesan cheese across the top of each pepper and bake for 30 minutes. If the cheese is not bubbly and starting to brown, then increase the heat to broil and carefully watch that you don’t burn them! (should only take 3-4 minutes)