Baked Tomatoes with Quinoa

Baked Tomatoes with Quinoa could be just the gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe you've been looking for. For $1.37 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 12g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 286 calories. Several people made this recipe, and 773 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up water, oregano, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Citronlimette. With a spoonacular score of 95%, this dish is super. Baked Tomatoes with Quinoa, Corn, and Green Chiles, Provençal Tomatoes (Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Cheese and Breadcrumbs), and Baked Tomatoes with Whole Wheat Tomatoes and Thyme are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 6

 

Ingredients:

¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

4 ounces Colby-Jack cheese, shredded (about 1 cup packed)

1 cup frozen corn

1 clove garlic, minced

¾ teaspoon ground cumin

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1 cup chopped onion

1 Tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

1 cup uncooked quinoa

1 teaspoon salt, divided

6 large ripe tomatoes

¼ cup water

Equipment:

frying pan

paper towels

wire rack

sieve

bowl

sauce pan

oven

broiler

Cooking instruction summary:

Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and cook 2 minutes; add garlic and corn and cook another 2 minutes. Stir in oregano, ¼ teaspoon salt, cumin, and black pepper.Cut tops off tomatoes; set aside. Carefully scoop out tomato pulp, leaving shells intact. Drain pulp through a sieve over a bowl, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract liquid. Reserve 1¼ cups liquid, and discard remaining liquid. Sprinkle tomatoes with ½ teaspoon salt. Invert tomatoes on a wire rack; let stand 30 minutes. Dry insides of tomatoes with a paper towel.Place quinoa in a fine sieve, and place sieve in a large bowl. Cover quinoa with water. Using your hands, rub the grains together for 30 seconds; rinse and drain. Combine reserved tomato liquid, quinoa, ¼ cup water, and the remaining salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat; fluff with a fork. Add quinoa mixture to corn mixture; toss well.Preheat oven to 350°.Spoon about ¾ cup corn mixture into each tomato. Divide cheese evenly among tomatoes. Place tomatoes on a jelly-roll pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven.Preheat broiler. Broil the tomatoes 1½ minutes or until cheese melts.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat.

2. Add onion and cook 2 minutes; add garlic and corn and cook another 2 minutes. Stir in oregano, ¼ teaspoon salt, cumin, and black pepper.

3. Cut tops off tomatoes; set aside. Carefully scoop out tomato pulp, leaving shells intact.

4. Drain pulp through a sieve over a bowl, pressing with the back of a spoon to extract liquid. Reserve 1¼ cups liquid, and discard remaining liquid. Sprinkle tomatoes with ½ teaspoon salt. Invert tomatoes on a wire rack; let stand 30 minutes. Dry insides of tomatoes with a paper towel.

5. Place quinoa in a fine sieve, and place sieve in a large bowl. Cover quinoa with water. Using your hands, rub the grains together for 30 seconds; rinse and drain.

6. Combine reserved tomato liquid, quinoa, ¼ cup water, and the remaining salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

7. Remove from heat; fluff with a fork.

8. Add quinoa mixture to corn mixture; toss well.Preheat oven to 350°.Spoon about ¾ cup corn mixture into each tomato. Divide cheese evenly among tomatoes.

9. Place tomatoes on a jelly-roll pan.

10. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes.

11. Remove from oven.Preheat broiler. Broil the tomatoes 1½ minutes or until cheese melts.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
286k Calories
12g Protein
11g Total Fat
35g Carbs
32% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
286k
14%

Fat
11g
18%

  Saturated Fat
5g
32%

Carbohydrates
35g
12%

  Sugar
6g
7%

Cholesterol
20mg
7%

Sodium
534mg
23%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
12g
24%

Manganese
0.93mg
47%

Vitamin C
29mg
35%

Vitamin A
1758IU
35%

Phosphorus
308mg
31%

Folate
101µg
25%

Magnesium
96mg
24%

Fiber
5g
23%

Potassium
756mg
22%

Vitamin K
21µg
21%

Calcium
206mg
21%

Vitamin B6
0.4mg
20%

Copper
0.32mg
16%

Iron
2mg
15%

Vitamin E
2mg
15%

Vitamin B1
0.22mg
14%

Vitamin B2
0.24mg
14%

Zinc
2mg
14%

Vitamin B3
2mg
10%

Selenium
6µg
9%

Vitamin B5
0.55mg
6%

Vitamin B12
0.18µg
3%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Suggested for you

Dark Chocolate Truffles
S’mores Ice Cream Sandwiches and a Huge #Giveaway #IceCreamWeek
Healthy Gluten Free Quinoa Muffins
Grilled Taco and Lime Chicken for Tacos
Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Sausage and Pepper Sandwiches
Hawaiian Stone Sour
Chipotle Cheese Fondue with Homemade Pretzels
Chicken Caprese Pasta Salad
Brown Sugar Pecan Coffee Cake with Chai Spices
Food Trivia

Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

Food Joke

1. Ask for last months specials. 2. Place your order in three different languages if you don't know any, make them up. 3. When they repeat your order totally change it. Repeat as desired. 4. Order a whopper from McDonalds, when they say they don't have whoppers insist that they do. If they still argue demand to see a manager then when you talk to them order a normal meal and say i don't know what's up with kids these days. 5. Go to any burger joint and order Chinese. 6. When ordering in the drive through, ask if its happy hour on draft beer. 7. In summer turn stereo up full volume to Christmas music while ordering in drive through. 8. Drive in the drive through, park, then go inside and order. 9. Go through the drive through in reverse, again. 10. Wait for the busiest time of day, after paying get out of car, get jack out of trunk and proceed to rotate tires.

Popular Recipes
Garlic Grilled Broccoli

Slender Kitchen

Chili Cheese Polenta

How Sweet Eats

Sinampalukang Manok

Kawaling Pinoy

Banana Bread, Brie and Chocolate Grilled Cheese

How Sweet Eats

Creamy Avocado Pasta Salad

I Wash You Dry