Stuffed Tomato Recipe | Mom’s Recipes

Tomato recipe packed with flavor… and substance! The greatest nutrients in tomatoes are found in the skin and pulp.

Ingredients

• 4 ripe tomatoes
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, cut into cubes
• 2 cups of cooked rice
• 2 tablespoons of chopped green chilli
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

Preparation Mode

1. Clean the tomatoes well and cut a top off each one.
2. Remove the seeds.
3. Sprinkle salt and pepper inside the fruit.
4. In a bowl, mix the rice with the green onion.
5. Add the cheese and mix well.
6. Stuff the tomatoes with the mixture.
7. Drizzle with olive oil and bake at 200ºC for approximately 20 minutes or until the cheese starts to melt.

Mom Tips

Yields 4 servings.

Know that lycopene, the substance that gives tomatoes their color, rids the arteries of bad cholesterol and prevents tumors.

The Santa Cruz type tomato, also called Débora, is the roundest of all. Ideal for sauces and salads.

Tomatoes that don’t go in the oven can be stuffed with mayonnaise salad.