Name: Quinoa-Stuffed Roasted Tomatoes
Ingredients: 1 medium yellow onion, diced small; ¾ tsp dried thyme; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered; ½ cup pitted Kalamata olives, halved; 4 green onions, sliced; ¼ cup golden raisins; Crushed red pepper to taste; 2 cups cooked quinoa; ¼ cup almond meal; 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast; ¼ cup whole grain bread crumbs; Sea salt; 4 large tomatoes

Recipes » Side Dishes » Quinoa-Stuffed Roasted Tomatoes

By Chef Del Sroufe

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This is one of those end-of-summer dishes that you can serve to awe your guests, but it’s just as great when you’re eating alone. Sometimes I make the filling by itself and eat it in tortillas.

Yield: 4 servings

Gluten Free Low Sugar Soy Free

Ingredients

1 medium yellow onion, diced small
¾ tsp dried thyme
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
½ cup pitted Kalamata olives, halved
4 green onions, sliced
¼ cup golden raisins
Crushed red pepper to taste
2 cups cooked quinoa
¼ cup almond meal
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
¼ cup whole grain bread crumbs
Sea salt
4 large tomatoes

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sauté the onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 7–8 minutes until they start to brown and turn translucent. Add water, 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, as needed, to keep them from sticking to the pan. Add the thyme and garlic and cook for another minute.
3. Add the cherry or grape tomatoes, olives, green onions, raisins, crushed red pepper, and quinoa. Cook for five minutes, until heated through.
4. Combine the almond meal, nutritional yeast, bread crumbs, and sea salt in a bowl. Set aside.
5. To prepare the tomatoes, cut a thin slice off the top of each tomato. Scoop out the pulp, leaving a ½-inch shell (a grapefruit spoon works well for this task).
6. Place the tomatoes in a non-stick baking dish, cut side up. Fill each tomato with some of the quinoa filling; then, top each tomato with a few tablespoons of the bread crumb mixture.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.