EASY STUFFED TOMATOES

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Children aged 5-9 will love helping you prepare this lunch dish, almost as much as they'll enjoy eating them

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

6 really big tomatoes
2 balls of mozzarella
12 basil leaves
4 pieces cooked red peppers from a jar
2 tbsp pesto or red pesto
6 slices ciabatta or crusty bread, toasted and brushed with olive oil

Steps:

Ask a grown-up to turn the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Cut the tops off tomatoes (keep tops) and scoop the insides into a sieve set over a bowl.
Cut the mozzarella into chunks and snip or tear up the basil leaves.
Sit the tomatoes in a baking dish. Add a few chunks of mozzarella into each tomato.
Put a few torn basil leaves into each one.
Tear or snip the red pepper into pieces, then add a piece to each tomato. Add more mozzarella, basil and pepper in layers until each tomato is full.
Put a blob of pesto in each tomato, then put the tops back on. Pour over the juices from the tomato insides. Ask a grown-up to put them in the oven for 20 mins.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 331 calories, Fat 16 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 33 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 16 grams protein, Sodium 1.44 milligram of sodium