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Stuffed Tomato Halves

Type: Low Fat, Vegetables
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 146g / 5.1ozGreen pepper - (abt 3/4 cup) - chopped (medium)
4 cups 250g / 8.8ozTomatoes (large)
4   Green onions - sliced
1/3 cup 13g / 0.5ozQuaker Oat Bran cereal - uncooked
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozEgg Beaters 99% egg substitute - (equal to 1 egg)
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBasil leaves - crushed
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped fresh parsley
  (or 1 tbspn dried parsley flakes)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small saucepan, simmer green pepper in a small amount of water 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and reserve. Slice each tomato in half crosswise. Scoop out pulp; drain tomato halves upside down.

Chop pulp; place in large bowl. Add green pepper and remaining ingredients except parsley. Place tomato halves cut side up in 13 1/2- by 8 3/4-inch baking dish. Fill each half with about 1/3 cup stuffing mixture. Sprinkle parsley over top. Bake 30 minutes.

Serving size is 1 tomato half.

Content per Serving:

total fat .. 0.4 g cholesterol .. 0 mg calories .. 34

saturated fat .. 0.1 g carbohydrate .. 6 g protein .. 2 g

Source:
THE JOHN HOPKINS COMPLETE GUIDE FOR PREVENTING AND REVERSING HEART DISEASE by Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr., M.D. - Recipe contributed by Quaker Oats Co.

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