Toe And Dons Cheese Cracker Stuffed Tomatoes Food

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 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.

TOE AND DON'S CHEESE & CRACKER STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut tops off of tomatoes and scoop out pulp leaving shell.
• If you want to save the pulp, put it in a casserole dish at this point.
• Crush saltine crackers (I just do it carefully right in the unopened sleeve) to say pea size, put in bowl.
• Grate the cheese into the bowl, turning with your hands every few minutes so the cheese doesn't stick together and gets mixed in nicely with crackers.
• Carefully but firmly stuff tomatoes with mixture.
• Dot each tomato with a pat of butter.
• Bake 1 hour or until tomatoes are soft.
• If making the casserole cut tomato count to six and use extra crumbs on pulp.

DRAGON TOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Slice the tops of the peppers off and discard the tops but keep the membranes. Place the scallops inside the peppers. Starting at one end, roll each pepper in 1 slice of bacon. Skewer the dragon toe through the center, placing 3 toes per skewer.
• Roast in the oven for 12 minutes.

SHRIMP STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Begin by cutting 1/8 of an inch off the top of the tomatoes.
• Use a spoon to scoop out the core and seeds of the tomatoes.
• Place the tomatoes upside down on a doubled paper towel to drain residual liquid.
• Rinse the shrimp, pat dry, and refrigerate.
• Mix Mayo, Dijon mustard, dill, chives and lemon juice in a mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix in shrimp.
• Place tomatoes in a muffin tin and "stuff" with shrimp mixture.
• Garnish with slices of avocado.
• Chill for 20 minutes.

BLT BITES

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice off each tomato top. Scoop out and discard pulp. Invert the tomatoes on a paper towel to drain. , In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Spoon into tomatoes. Refrigerate for several hours.

CHEESE-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Scoop out center of each tomato half, leaving a 1/2 inch thick shell.
• Chop scooped out tomato pulp; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine breadcrumbs, butter, basil, salt and pepper.
• Stir in cheese and chopped tomato pulp.
• Fill tomato shells with breadcrumb mixture.
• Wrap each stuffed half in foil.
• Place on grill, stuffed side up.
• Cook 10 to 15 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Remove foil; sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve hot and enjoy.