Ali and Friends! Old School Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

• 2 Cup Brown Rice
• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 large Onion, diced, or about 1.5 cups
• 1 Cup Celery, diced
• 4 Bell Peppers, 1.5 cups diced, rest halved
• 1.5 Pound Ground Beef
• 2 Tablespoon Canola (cooking) Oil, or enough to lightly cover bottom of pot
• 4 cloves of Garlic, diced or pressed (or to taste, I like a lot)
• 2 Tablespoon fresh Parley, optional
• 1 14oz can of Diced Tomatoes, (onion, basil, oregano is great)
• 0.25 Cup Ketchup (optional)
• 1 Chicken Bullion cube (optional)
• Salt, to taste
• Black Pepper, to taste