Salad-Stuffed T’maters

Seems in every post I am writing something about my obsessions with stuffing things or finger foods.  Once again, I find myself writing about my excitement for stuffed foods.  This time, it’s tomatoes.

Anyway, I stuffed tomatoes with all sorts of yummy salad stuff- avos, cukes, carrots, red onion, etc.  I loved it.  Since then, I’ve found myself stuffing salads into things more and more often… cukes work well, too- FYI.  So while waiting for my dinner to cook this eve, I made a little snack to hold us over.  Seeing as I currently have a plethora of tomatoes and some delicious fresh mozzarella, basil, avos, and cucumbers, I stuffed us some t’maters.  It’s easy, quick, and a fun way to serve up veggies (I’m sure you could even fit some lettuce in there if you wanted!).  Any tomato will work- I used a giant beefsteak tomato and a roma… whatever floats your boat!

2 tomatoes, any kind, but large

4 large slices of fresh mozzarella

1/2 avocado

1/2 cucumber

4 basil sprigs

*balsamic blend (I used balsamic vinegar, olive oil, agave, salt & pepper)

Remove stems, if any

Slice horizontally almost to the bottom, but not quite

Separate carefully with fingers to make spaces

Cut cheese slices in rounds and cut in half (semi-circles)

Thinly slice avocado and cucumber

Fill spaces with avo, cucumber, mozzarella, and basil

If needed, cut the bottom of the tomato so it is flat and stands

Cut out the inside and clean

Cut veggies and cheese into thinner and pointier shaped pieces

Stuff into center

Drizzle tomatoes with balsamic dressing and eat!