Stuffed tomatoes
Stuffed tomatoes is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 6 servings. One serving contains 216 calories, 9g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. If you have really big tomatoes, mozzarella, peppers from a jar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a side dish.
Instructions
Ask a grown-up to turn the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas
Cut the tops off tomatoes (keep tops) and scoop the insides into a sieve set over a bowl.
Cut the mozzarella into chunks and snip or tear up the basil leaves.
Sit the tomatoes in a baking dish.
Add a few chunks of mozzarella into each tomato.
Put a few torn basil leaves into each one.
Tear or snip the red pepper into pieces, then add a piece to each tomato.
Add more mozzarella, basil and pepper in layers until each tomato is full.
Put a blob of pesto in each tomato, then put the tops back on.
Pour over the juices from the tomato insides. Ask a grown-up to put them in the oven for 20 mins.