then put the lid on the pot and leave it set while you get the rest of the meat mixture ready.
in a very large bowl, mix together the ground beef, the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and slightly cooled rice mixture.
open the can of crushed tomatoes and spoon enough to slightly cover the bottom of your baking dish. take a slightly cooled pepper and stuff it with the meat mixture until it reaches the top of the pepper, place pepper into baking dish and repeat until all peppers are stuffed. (don't worry if you have meat mixture left over. i will be suggesting something to do with that.) spoon 