Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes


I am back at it again...cooking...who knew I'd enjoy it so much. I got this great recipe out of our farm bureau magazine that we receive. I was a little nervous that T would not like it, but to my great surprise he loved it! And he informed me that he had heard from the Reds broadcasting team that cooked tomatoes were a great food to eat to reduce the chances of prostate cancer. Even better...thanks Marty and Thom Breneman. If you try it, let me know what you think.

Ingredients
4 medium tomatoes, cut in half
1/2 lb ground beef (I used a pound of ground venison)
1/4 cup of onion, chopped fine
1/4 cup of celery, chopped fine
2 T of butter
1 1/4 cups of water
1/2 cup of Grape Nuts cereal
1 t of salt (I used garlic salt)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Scoop out tomatoes, reserving pulp. Brown meat in a skillet, remove and set aside. Saute onions and celery in butter until onion is tender. Add pulp and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil; simmer for 5 to 8 minutes, or until pulp is tender. In a bowl combine meat, cereal, remaining 1/4 cup water, salt and half of the sauce (I also added a little pepper). Place tomatoes in a shallow baking dish; fill with meat mixture. Pour remaining sauce over tomatoes, sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until tomatoes are tender. I served it with fresh green beans. Crusty bread would have been nice too, but I am trying to cut the carbs before vacation so that I can eat them on vacation. Weird how my mind works.
Thanks to Carolyn Tolonese for submitting this recipe! We thought it was delicious!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wifey, yep they were great! Thanks!!!

Anonymous said...

Anna, I clipped this recipe to try as well, so your blog gives me the impetus to makes it for lunch today. I did try the tomato basil squares in the same article. A (of the Boondogglers) liked them. I thought all the recipes on the page looked good. The pasta e fagioli was very similar to my friend's recipe at the library--and she's Italian! FW

Anonymous said...

Anna, I clipped this recipe to try as well, so your blog gives me the impetus to makes it for lunch today. I did try the tomato basil squares in the same article. A (of the Boondogglers) liked them. I thought all the recipes on the page looked good. The pasta e fagioli was very similar to my friend's recipe at the library--and she's Italian! FW