Stuffed Tomatoes

Name: Stuffed Tomatoes
Ingredients: 4 large tomatoes (the largest ones you can get); 16 ounces ground beef; 16 ounces sausage, fresh; 1 (8 ounce) container fresh mushrooms, diced; 1 sweet onion, diced; 12 yellow bell pepper, diced; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tablespoon dried basil; 1 tablespoon dried chives; 12 teaspoon cumin; 1 teaspoon jalapeno, jarred (found mine in the vegetable section next the jars of crushed garlic); 1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika; 12 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 4 tablespoons raspberry and walnut vinaigrette (Paul Newman's); 8 ounces Mexican blend cheese, shredded; 1 (6 3/8 ounce) package tortilla chips (Tostitos); 1 (8 ounce) jar nacho cheese

19 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

4 large tomatoes (the largest ones you can get)
16 ounces ground beef
16 ounces sausage, fresh
1 (8 ounce) container fresh mushrooms, diced
1 sweet onion, diced
12 yellow bell pepper, diced
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried chives
12 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon jalapeno, jarred (found mine in the vegetable section next the jars of crushed garlic)
1 teaspoon sweet smoked paprika
12 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons raspberry and walnut vinaigrette (Paul Newman's)
8 ounces Mexican blend cheese, shredded
1 (6 3/8 ounce) package tortilla chips (Tostitos)
1 (8 ounce) jar nacho cheese

Directions

1

First brown the beef and pork together and drain.
2

Then add mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, garlic, basil, chives, jalapenos and cumin.
3

Put on low heat and add 4 dashes of Balsamic and a few dashes of evoo (just enough to coat mixture).
4

Let it simmer.
5

While everything is simmering, pre-heat your oven to 350.
6

Take the tomatoes and cut just enough of the tops off so that you can scoop out the insides and put them to the side.
7

Now you should have little tomato bowls.
8

Check your meat and cook it just long enough that the vegetables become translucent and still have a slight crunch.
9

Take your vinaigrette and coat the inside of the tomatoe bowls leaving enough vinegarete to pool up in the bottom about a 1/4 of an inch.
10

Once you do that, fill the tomatoe bowls up with your meat mix leaving enough room for a big wad of cheese.Garnish with paprika.
11

Place them in a pan and heat for 5 minutes or just long enough to melt the cheese all the way.
12

Remove from oven and enjoy.
13

I took the leftover meat mix and mixed the left over tomatoe insides and mixed it together and made a nacho cheese mix with corn chips for the football game.