Growing Red Peppers Easy

This past season on of our neighbors gave us some seedlings of peppers and tomatoes for our garden planters. My husband thanked him and planted them without taking much note of what they might be, other than planting the tomatoes in one spot and the peppers in another. We have never grown peppers here, so didn't know what to expect. They grew beautifully before our heat wave struck.

After reading one of those plastic inserts that come with the plant, I discovered that they turn from yellow to red when they are ripe. One type was "Sweet Banana" and the other was "Cayenne" to late on the hot pepper as I didn't read up on it until after the fact. I cut into them and stripped them of their seeds and membrane without a second thought. Later after washing some dishes, I discovered my right hand burned strangely. That is when I remembered about the seeds and membrane containing most of the heat. Will not happen again, it is a horrible feeling to sensitive skin. But there is health benefits that might be connected to hot red peppers.

 While making sauce for spaghitti, I decided to use the red sweet peppers in the sauce. It was delicious. Adding a couple of the tomatoes from the garden chopped up also gave added texture to the sauce as well. It gives me more ideas with garden vegetables for next season.