Stuffed tomatoes are not only a nice change from normal vegetable side dishes, they’re a festive looking dish this time of year as well. Paired with both quinoa and spinach, they become a nutritional powerhouse and along with many of the other ingredients, help support your body in cleansing the liver naturally.
Recipe: Quinoa and Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 8-10 medium tomatoes
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1-1/2 pound fresh spinach chopped
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook quinoa according to package directions. *
- Core and stem tomatoes, scoop out seeds and some of the flesh.
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan, add onion and saute until transparent. Add garlic and saute for one minute.
- Turn heat down to low, add spinach and cover for just a minute until the leaves of the spinach wilt. Turn off heat, add quinoa, eggs, and salt. Stir to combine.
- Spoon the quinoa/spinach mixture into each tomato. (you may need to trim a bit off the bottom of the tomato in order for it to stand straight)
- Bake for 30 minutes and serve.
Notes
In order to remove or inhibit the phytic acid from the quinoa, soak it in a mixture of 1 cup warm water and 1/2 tablespoon of an acidic medium (whey, raw apple cider vinegar, yogurt) for at least 7 hours. Drain after soaking and replace with fresh water for cooking.
Use organic and fresh ingredients as well as pastured and organic eggs.
This recipe was inspired by the Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes at Almanac.com
Donielle Baker
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This looks delicious! I love quinoa but had never thought to use it to stuff tomatoes or peppers before. I definitely will now!
I’ve printed it and I’m trying it tomorrow. If I remember, I’ll let you know what we thought!
Made ’em and loved ’em! I didn’t think they were too tomatoey at all. And so pretty!
@Kathleen Quiring | Project M, Yay! Thanks for letting me know!
These look delicious! As the seasons turn to colder weather, I can’t stomach raw tomatoes, but cooked tomatoes are delicious!