My Stuffed Tomatoes Recipes

TUNA-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except tomatoes.
• Use serrated knife to partially cut tomatoes into wedges, starting at top of each tomato and being careful to not cut through to bottom of tomato.
• Fill tomatoes with tuna mixture.

STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Slice the tomatoes in half horizontally and scoop out the pulp and seeds. Salt the insides and let rest upside down on a rack set on a baking sheet to extract the juices, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, garlic, basil, 1/4 cup parmesan, the olive oil and a few grinds of pepper. Stuff the tomatoes with the filling and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup parmesan.
• Transfer the tomatoes to a clean baking sheet and bake until they are tender and the tops are golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Tent with foil if the breadcrumbs are browning too quickly.

STUFFED TOMATOES WITH SPINACH AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cut the tops off of the tomatoes. Using a small spoon, carefully remove and discard pulp.
• Season the insides of the tomatoes with ½ teaspoon of the black pepper and ¼ teaspoon of the salt. Invert the tomatoes onto paper towels and allow to drain while you make the filling.
• In a medium bowl, combine the spinach, Boursin cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper and ¼ cup of the shredded parmesan. Stir until ingredients are well combined. Divide the mixture between the tomatoes.
• Top tomatoes with the remaining ¼ cup shredded parmesan.
• Place the tomatoes in the air-fryer basket. Set the air fryer to 350°F for 15 minutes or until filling is hot.
• Follow steps 1-4, then place in a baking pan and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Rinse tomatoes and cut the tops off.
• Using a spoon, scrape out the insides of the tomato. Chop the insides and the tops.
• Cook sausage, onion and garlic in a skillet until no pink remains. Drain fat.
• Add tomato tops, white wine, tomato paste, salt, and Italian seasoning. Cook an additional 5 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Stir in rice and cook until heated through.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons mozzarella cheese and 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese for topping. Stir remaning mozzarella and parmesan into the rice mixture.
• Place tomatoes in a baking dish and gently fill with rice mixture (extra filling can be placed in the pan next to the tomatoes if desired . Top with remaining cheese.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until tomatoes are cooked and filling is heated through. Do not overcook.

STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice tomatoes in half horizontally and scoop out pulp and seeds. Salt insides and rest upside down on a sheet pan lined with a wire rack to extract juices, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together bread crumbs, garlic, basil, pepper, 1/4 cup of the grated Parmesan and oil. Stuff tomatoes with the filling, sprinkle with remaining Parmesan, and bake until tomatoes are cooked through and tops are golden brown, about 30 minutes.

STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut the tops off of the tomatoes and use a knife to cut around the inside, separating the flesh from the skin. Scoop out the flesh. Place the tomatoes in a small baking dish. In a small bowl combine the canned tomatoes with the bread crumbs, 1/3 cup of cheese and the sausage; mix well. Spoon the mixture into the tomato skins and top with the remaining 1/3 cup of cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.

MY STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook corn on cob, then cut off cobb when cool.
• Dice/cube veggies. Saute vidalia onion and shallot in grapeseed oil until soft. Remove from pan, wipe pan clean, and reheat with some olive oil. Saute eggplant (suggest removing skin), zucchini, and yellow squash until tender but not mushy.. Add in spinach just to wilt (suggest using baby spinach and remove stems). Add in cut off corn kernels, and cooked onion and shallot. Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired. Let cool.
• Wash tomatoes and remove core, and tiny "stem" on bottom. Slice off very top (approx 1/2") of top of tomato. Use spoon to scoop out tomato, leaving approx. 1/2" sidewall of tomato, reserving tomato cap and pulp inside for another use. Let sit for a short while or use paper towel to absorb any standing juice in bottom of tomatoes.
• Add cubed feta, and basil to cooled veggie mix, just prior to stuffing. Stuff tomatoes with veggie/feta mixture.
• Top tomatoes with fresh bread crumbs that have been mixed with a drizzle of olive or grapeseed oil to moisten. (I used a Crooked Tree Breadworks Parmesan Pepper roll for the crumbs.)
• Bale at 350 degrees approx. 20-30 minutes until warmed through. To plate, serve with arugula microgreens on top, if desired.
• For 4 tomatoes, I used 1 med size vidalia onion, 1 shallot finely minced, 1 small yellow squash, 2 small zucchini, 1 small eggplant, a couple big handfuls of fresh baby spinach, and 1 ear of corn. Used part of a block of feta chunk, and one of the parm pepper rolls.

STUFFED BAKED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut a thin slice off the top of each tomato. Scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Invert shells onto paper towels to drain. Mix stuffing ingredients except parsley; spoon stuffing into tomatoes. Sprinkle with parsley. , Place tomatoes in a baking dish; cover with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning of stuffing. Bake until tomatoes are tender and stuffing is hot, about 30 minutes.

EASY STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare stuffing as directed on package. Add cheese; mix well.
• Cut tomatoes in half; place, cut sides up, in 8-inch square baking dish. Brush with dressing; top with stuffing.
• Bake 25 min. or until tomatoes are tender.

GROUND BEEF-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven 350°F.
• Cut tops off tomatoes, discard tops. Scoop out pulp from centers of tomatoes, leaving 1/4-inch-thick shells. Reserve 1 cup of the removed pulp.
• Brown meat with onions in medium skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Return meat mixture to skillet. Add reserved tomato pulp, Italian seasoning and tomato paste; mix well. Cook 3 min., stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan.
• Place tomato shells on foil-covered baking sheet; fill with meat mixture.
• Combine shredded cheese and bread crumbs; sprinkle over tomatoes. Top with basil.
• Bake 12 to 14 min. or until heated through.