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Tomatoes Stuffed with Couscous

My uncle's garden is going gangbusters with the tomatoes this year.  I've been looking forward to the start of school and being able to fix myself nice light lunches.    

A little while back I made some Citrus Couscous and I froze the leftovers.  Combined with some ideas from a recipe from the Florida Tomato Committee, it made for a perfect meal! 

My couscous already had the herbs, lemon juice and salt and pepper.  I don't have mint, so that was omitted.  I drizzled the inside with sriracha and olive oil, and next time I'd put a drizzle over the top as well.   

I mixed the citrus couscous with some minced jarred garlic, the tomato pulp and orange bell pepper, diced very small.  After it was well combined, I filled the tomato shell and enjoyed my lovely lunch!
 


Tomatoes Stuffed with Couscous

Tomatoes Stuffed with Couscous
Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

  • 6 large tomatoes
  • Salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Drizzle of Sriracha
Filling
  • Citrus couscous
  • 1T minced jarred garlic
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped orange bell pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
  • additional dried chives for garnish

Instructions

  1. Prepare Citrus Couscous as directed, chill.
  2. Cut a 1/2 inch slice off the top of each tomato from the stem end. Discard seeds, remove pulp with a spoon, and chop pulp into small pieces. Set pulp aside for the filling.
  3. Lightly sprinkle tomato shell with salt and place upside down on a cookie sheet for approximately 10 minutes to drain its liquid. Mix together olive oil, and Sriracha sauce. Turn tomato shells upright and drizzle them with olive oil mixture.
  4. When couscous is cold, toss with peppers, reserved tomato pulp, olive oil, and garlic. Add additional salt and pepper if desired. . Spoon filling into each prepared tomato shell. Sprinkle with dried chives if desired.

Notes

Source:

 "Florida Tomato Committee"

http://www.floridatomatoes.org/recipes/tomatoes-stuffed-with-couscous/

Other recipes you may enjoy:

Quinoa and Black Bean Stuffed Peppers

Pesto Pasta & Potatoes

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