Q-Matoes

[Determinator]

cuter than a bugs ear....rounder than charlie browns head, redder than a nasty burn....it's........


Q-Matoes!

a quinoa salad in a tomato!

version 1:

hollow out a tomato with a melon baller.

in a bowl mix:
cooked quinoa
finely chopped chives
coarsly chopped mint leaves
sea salt
fresh cracked pepper
olive oil to moisten

stuff into tomato and serve...or refrigerate for later.

version 2:

stuff with:

quinoa
feta cheese chunks
toasted pine nuts
finely chopped onion
fresh or dried oregano
salt, pepper and olive oil to moisten

version 3:

quinoa
coarsly chopped cilantro
freshly toasted and ground cumin seeds
chopped fresh or pickled jalepenos
finely chopped onion
salt, pepeper, olive oil to moisten

I think I could go on for ever! fun fun fun

[lushy]

And who do you have to thank for being hooked on quinoa??? I think it would be the cooking ladies of MWO.

I have made quinoa stuffed peppers but not tomatoes. I will definitely try it.

[Determinator]

it's true...the loverly cooking queens of MWO are indeed responsible for my Q craze!

[Determinator]

oh, I forgot some chopped greek olives in the one with Feta

[MyOwnWoman]

As Rachel Rae would say... Yummo!!
But it's so hard for me to eat tomatoes when they aren't in season.... (I know, I'm being a whiney baby)

[chrysa]

D -- what if you baked the stuffed tomatoes? would that work?

[Determinator]

Chrysa, I love baked stuffed tomatoes...heck yes!