Stuffed cherry tomatoes are a healthy dream snack.
When you add a filling with a great flavor pairing, that’s all you need for a moment of delicious joy.
These are good low calorie bites that you can snack on daily. You can pop or stuff in your mouth, a cherry tomato without feeling stuffed.
They flavor burst squirt the tomato juice so effortlessly and why kids can love them so easily because they’re a form of eating entertainment.
And if that’s mouth-entertainment you avoid, when you stuff them, you remove the squirt effect because you remove the inside juices.
The juicy inner parts are also the most sour tasting that you can save for a tomato sauce. An easy way to remove the center is to use a large round baker’s piping tip with open jaws or a star-shape one. ⭐️ Twist and scoop out the inside.
And then in its juicy place, add cooked quinoa (or cous cous would work and is even quicker).
Here with quinoa you get a nice bite that’s also a pseduo-grain that will help make it a filling protein snack.
Because quinoa is filled with the essential amino acids that are building blocks of protein.
And then add a small dollop cottage cheese topping (or your fave healthy creamy cheese) if you want to keep the healthy bite vibes.
You gotta love the micro healthy bites that help keep you tied over until dinner (instead of chocolate or salty bag snacks)!
And then finally to top it all off, add a green, fresh earthy bite that balances the acidic sweetness in tomatoes. 🍅
You can add asparagus or leafy herbs like mint or basil work well to give a 3rd dimensional taste. It’ll also give a color pop to the plate. 🌱
That’s what makes these stuffed cherry tomatoes, appetizer worthy: unique shapes, colors, and textures 🌿
There are a variety of tomatoes each season to deliver on their promised natural abilities. And maybe you experienced their abundance in your garden this year or discovered a new tomato in your store.
Another variety that’s similar in sweeter taste and juicy-ness is a plum tomato.
You can substitute cherry tomatoes with plum tomatoes if you want to do more stuffing as they’re larger. They look like new deviled eggs.
These below are filled with cous cous and gorgonzola creamy blue cheese protein.
You can make these snacks in minutes and I like that they look homemade and not like perfect little catering appetizers.
They’ll get gobbled up in seconds in a delicious and healthy way.
Tomatoes are full of Vitamin C, A, some B vitamins, fiber, and lycopene that’s anti-inflammatory (and even good for sunburns).
…Well, when you put it that way! 😊… maybe you’ll give them a try too.
Between carrots and tomatoes, you can have your healthy, low-calorie orange snack anytime of day. 🧡
Btw, you can take any tomato seeds and grow a plant. I started one a week ago and it has a green sprout 🌱 about 2 inches tall. Maybe growing tomatoes are the easiest produce plant to grow… as I’ve been told, have seen from others, and who knows?… maybe will see my own. 🤞
Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes Cottage
Equipment
- jumbo jaw piping tip
Ingredients
- cherry tomatoes
- cottage cheese
- asparagus or fresh green herb
Instructions
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half with a serated knife so they cut cleanly without squirting juice. An easy trick to remove the seeds is to use an open jaw or star piping tip. Swirl around and put the seeds aside and save them for a sauce. Or grow a tomato plant.
- Add cooked quinoa (or grain substitute).
- Add a dollop of cottage cheese.
- Add green veggie zhugh for flavor and color!
