Pizza Tomatoes

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium tomatoes
• 1/2 cup cooked extra lean ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 4 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cut a thin slice across stem end of tomato. scoop out pulp from tomatoes, leaving 1/4" thick shells.
• 3 coarsely chop 1/2 cup of pulp.
• 4 place tomato shells in oiled baking pan.
• 5 in small bowl, combine chopped tomato, cheese, ground beef, 2 tablespoons bread crumbs, and seasonings.
• 6 spoon equal amounts of this mixture into tomato shells. sprinkle each with remaining bread crumbs.
• 7 bake, uncovered, until cheese melts, about 15 minutes.
• 8 exchanges per serving: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch and 1 lean meat.
• 9 source: ada newsletter, and they got it from jul/aug 1992 diabetes self-management.