Goat cheese stuffed tomatoes...

Tomato's, tomato's, tomato's....No mater how you slice it they are one of my favorite fruits...Yes I said fruit! I love anything with tomatoes in it, on it, or cooked in them... Pizza, pasta, and fresh from the garden with some salt and pepper. I am so excited that Spring is only weeks away and I can't wait to start my raised veggie garden this year after recently moving back to my home state.

 

I thought I would jump ahead a little to Spring and share a great light and refreshing recipe with you all. Anything to hopefully take your mind off this cold weather...That's what friends are for ya know :-)

 

Anyway here is the recipe which you can use even now as there are some pretty of good tasting tomato's in the stores right now. I hope you will give it a try and drop a line and tell me what you think.

 

Until next post....

Sharon

 

 

 

 

 Goat cheese stuffed tomato's:

 

8-10 small vine-ripened tomato, even Roma's will do...

½ cup goat cheese

5-8 fresh basil leaves, minced

½ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (plus a little to garnish)

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

Hollow out the tomatoes by cutting carefully into the top to remove the top and stem. Use a spoon to remove the seeds. The remaining hollowed out tomato will look similar to a tulip.

Mix the goat cheese, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Stuff the goat cheese mixture into the tomatoes.

Serve on a plate and garnish with a little olive oil and strips of fresh basil.

* If using Roma tomatoes take a small slice off bottoms so they will stand upright on the plate...