Special Stuffed Peppers

6 md Green peppers

1 1/2 lb Ground beef

1/4 c Chopped onion

1/4 c Chopped celery

3/4 c Quaker Oats, uncooked

-- (quick or old-fashioned) 1 ts Salt

1 ts Basil

1/2 c Tomato juice

10 1/2 oz Cream of mushroom soup

-- (condensed) 1/3 c Milk

Cut 1/4-inch slice from top of each green pepper; remove seeds. Cook green peppers about 5 minutes in enough boiling salted water to cover them; drain. Pan-fry ground beef, onion and celery until lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients; combine thoroughly. Fill green pepeprs with meat mixture. Stand upright in shallow baking pan; add small amount of water. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) about 30 minutes. Serve hot with mushroom sauce made by heating together mushroom soup and milk. Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias