Stuffed Tomatoes
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Stuffed Tomatoes are filled with bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, fresh herbs, topped with mozzarella and baked. Turn ordinary tomatoes into an extraordinary dinner side dish perfect for dinner tonight!
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
- 3 tablespoons plain panko bread crumbs
- 2 ½ tablespoons Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- ¼ cup onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil plus more for drizzling
- 2 tsp fresh basil leaves chopped
- 2 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp mozzarella cheese grated
Instructions
- Place an oven rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 400ºF. Spray an 8 X 8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, both bread crumbs, onion, garlic, 2 tablespoons olive oil, basil, parsley, oregano, salt, and pepper.
- Cut the tops off and hollow out the tomato by removing the pulp and seeds with a spoon. (I have a grapefruit spoon with a jagged edge that worked perfectly for this.)Dice the pulp and add it to the bread crumb mixture.
- Gently mix the ingredients until they are well combined. Fill each tomato with stuffing and place in prepared baking dish. Drizzle each tomato with olive oil.
- Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Place in oven and bake for 10-12 minutes.
Notes
If baked for longer than 12 minutes, the tomatoes will soften.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 321mg | Potassium: 357mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1175IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 180mg | Iron: 1mg