Receta Elaine’s Heart-Healthy Tomato-Pepper Appetizer
Serves 2
Prep 10
Cook 0
Servings 2
High in Vitamin C, and a wealth of other vitamins and minerals, this colorful appetizer will gracefully enhance any meal! The ADDED PLUS is, it's good for you, and you will want to eat it! :)
Tiempo de Prep: | Canadian |
Raciónes: 2 |
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Cut the top off both tomatoes
- Reserve tops!
- Scoop out tomatoes, reserving contents
- Shred the lettuce with a plastic knife. (metal or steel rusts the lettuce)
- In a mini-processor, finely chop the peppers individually, placing each color into separate dishes
- Finely process the shallots, placing into a separate dish
- Place tomato contents you scooped out, chives, ginger, and carrot into the mini-processor and liquefy
- Plating:
- On small salad plates, lay a bed of half the lettuce on each plate
- Fill tomatoes with layers of the peppers and shallots
- Place tomatoes on the lettuce bases
- Add 1 tbsp each of the Italian salad dressing, and replace the tomato tops
- Place some peppers around the lettuce bases
- Add 4 generous dollops of the liquefied tomato blend around the tomatoes
- Refrigerate until serving