Dad’s Stuffles

4 extra-thick slices of soft bread, any kind

½ lb lean ground beef

1 small onion, small diced

4 thick slices of processed ham 1 green pepper, julienned ½ package of bacon, diced

1 cup shredded mozza cheese

1 cup shredded old cheddar cheese 1 cup green onions, diced

1 small can of pizza sauce

½ cup salsa

2 tbsp. garlic butter

1 tbsp. Italian seasoning 1 tbsp. basil

Salt and pepper to taste

In a large sauté pan, use a small amount of butter or oil and medium-high heat to brown your ground beef with diced onion, salt, pepper, basil and Italian seasoning. Add pizza sauce and roughly 2 tsp of water and stir well to create a meat mixture.

Set aside.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Prepare bacon in a separate sauté pan on medium-high heat, drain and set aside.

Prepare remaining topping ingredients as listed and do the same in preparation for topping.

On the bottom edge of each slice of bread, carefully cut a horizontal hollow out of the inside being sure to leave about an inch of bread along the edges to make a bread pouch.

Carefully spoon an even amount of the meat mixture into the hollow of each bread slice.

Next, prepare a 9” x 13” baking sheet with parchment paper and lay out each slice of stuffed bread. Smear each slice with garlic butter,

then top in order with sliced ham, cheddar cheese, peppers, green onion, salsa, bacon and mozzarella cheese.

Top with pepper and salt as desired. Bake for roughly 12 minutes or until edges become golden brown in colour.