Summertime Baked Tomatoes

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This summertime baked tomatoes recipe stuffs tomatoes with squash, mozzarella, and basil, then bakes them for a side dish that everyone will love.

Ingredients

3 tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt, or as needed
1 summer squash, finely diced
1/2 cup dry herb stuffing mix
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 teaspoons dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Halve tomatoes horizontally; sprinkle cut sides with salt. Place tomatoes on paper towels, cut-sides down, for about 5 minutes. Hollow out tomato halves, leaving sides ¼-inch thick; discard seeds and chop pulp.
3 Place pulp, squash, herb stuffing, mozzarella, basil, and black pepper in a bowl; mix until well combined. Stuff mixture into tomato halves.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender and cheese melts, about 20 minutes.