Just something simple (and probably not very original) I came up with while going through my available foodstuff. Despite what the title says, this is not vegetarian (I suppose you can change it, but I don't think you're that keen on following my half-witted recipe ideas). I would probably use this as a side-dish or some kind of entrée, though I think it's a bit large to be an entrée. I'm not sure.

Ingredients
1 cup couscous, uncooked
200g canned ham, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
5 closed-cup common mushrooms, chopped
5 bell peppers, whole (doesn't matter what colour they are)
Ground black pepper

Method

1. Cook couscous as directed on package. That usually involves cooking it in boiling water, kinda like rice, but a lot quicker! I cheated with a microwave though. :P
2. Meanwhile, in a saucepan or wok, stir-fry chopped ham, onion and mushroom. I didn't use any oil at all because the ham is already oily enough to grease the pan as I cook it. It is also salty enough for me to skip the salt. Add a little ground black pepper to taste. Add couscous when cooked and mix until distributed evenly. Remove from heat.
3. Slice off the top of the bell peppers but don't throw them away. Carefully cut around the insides of the peppers to remove the seeded parts without puncturing the pepper casing. Test if the pepper casings can stand on their own. If not, carefully slice a small area at the bottom - again without puncturing through the casing - to allow the pepper casing to stand on its own.
4. Fill the peppers with the couscous mixture and replace pepper tops. You might have leftover couscous mixture, but that's fine. They taste pretty good on their own, or you can just make another pepper casing to fill with.
5. Wrap the filled peppers in tinfoil, heat the oven up to 150°C, and arrange the wrapped peppers in the oven to roast until desired softness. Overcooked peppers will take on a yellowish tinge, which ruins presentation, but you probably won't want to serve green bell peppers raw (red and yellow are all right).
   
6. Unwrap and serve.

Serves 5

Estimated Nutritional Values (per serving)
Energy 216.68kcal
Protein 14.1g
Carbohydrate 35.84g
Fat 1.42g

I did debate whether to add cheese to the mixture, but then I decided to skip it since there was already a decent amount of salt content and I'm trying to eat healthier (sort of, even though canned ham is probably not the healthiest choice of all). In the end, I'm quite glad that I didn't add the cheese - it already taste pretty decent cheese-free.

My flatmate walked in while I was in the middle of making this, and she was so intrigued by it. Heh. I'm not sure why, but my flatmates are so perpetually fascinated with what I'm cooking, it's weird. I quite enjoyed making it, for what its worth. I've been quite stressed out and depressed lately, so I needed to do something that takes my mind off things. Been wondering if I should start baking again. Have a few things thought and lined up, like stuffed cheesy tomatoes (I thought I had pictures of these when I first made them two years ago, but I can't find them!), sausage bread rolls and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies or chewy brownie cookies or cinnamon rolls. :P I know, how disgustingly fattening.