Wash and dry green peppers. Slice off top of pepper, just below stem. Set aside tops. Clean out insides and place peppers in baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

Dice up top of peppers, discarding stems.

Brown sausage in skillet with diced pepper tops and diced onions.

Meanwhile, cook rice according to package instructions.

When sausage is no longer pink, add meat mixture to rice mixture in sauce pan. Stir to incorporate.

Season meat and rice mixture with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning.

Spoon evenly into bell peppers, until mixture is even with top of pepper.

Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until peppers are somewhat tender.

Remove from oven and sprinkle 1 ounce of cheese on each pepper.

Put dish back into oven under the broiler for 5 minutes to melt cheese.