Elaine’s Heart-Healthy Tomato-Pepper Appetizer Recipe
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! :)
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized, ripe, firm tomatoes
- ½ green sweet bell pepper
- ½ yellow sweet bell pepper
- ½ orange sweet bell pepper
- 3 shallots
- 1 ½ tsp dried or 2 ½ tsp fresh Chives
- ¼ cup carrot shreds
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1/8th tsp ground ginger
- 2 tbsp Classic Italian salad dressing
- 1 cup shredded green leaf lettuce
Directions
- 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
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 54g | |
| Recipe makes 2 servings | |
| Calories 38 | |
| Calories from Fat 9 | 24% |
| Total Fat 0.97g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat 0.27g | 1% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 8mg | 3% |
| Sodium 181mg | 8% |
| Potassium 120mg | 3% |
| Total Carbs 4.19g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.7g | 2% |
| Sugars 2.43g | 2% |
| Protein 3.59g | 6% |
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