You’ve probably heard of stuffed peppers or stuffed summer squash but what about stuffed tomatoes? This recipe is great with chicken, fish, or a side salad. Freeze the excess tomatoes to use for sauce or with rice recipes.
Makes: 4 Servings
Ingredients
4 large tomatoes
3/4 cup fresh French or Italian bread crumbs
2-3 cloves garlic, finely minced (or 2 tsp minced garlic)
6 Tbs finely minced basil
3 Tbs grated Parmesan cheese
Olive oil or cooking spray
Instructions
- Turn your oven on to broil.
- Cut the tomatoes in half horizontally.
- Using a spoon, remove the seeds and juice from the tomatoes.
- In a bowl, combine bread crumbs, garlic, herbs and cheese.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the bread crumb mixture into each tomato half and drizzle with olive oil or spray with cooking spray
- Place in the oven set to broil, cook for 5 minutes or until the filling is golden brown
