Elaines Heart-Healthy Tomato-Pepper Appetizer Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 medium-sized, ripe, firm tomatoes
• ½ green sweet bell pepper
• ½ yellow sweet bell pepper
• ½ orange sweet bell pepper
• 3 shallots
• 1 ½ tsp dried or 2 ½ tsp fresh chives
• ¼ cup carrot shreds
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 1/8th tsp ground ginger
• 2 tbsp classic italian salad dressing
• 1 cup shredded green leaf lettuce

Instructions:

1. Cut the top off both tomatoes
2. Reserve tops!
3. Scoop out tomatoes, reserving contents
4. Shred the lettuce with a plastic knife. (metal or steel rusts the lettuce)
5. In a mini-processor, finely chop the peppers individually, placing each color into separate dishes
6. Finely process the shallots, placing into a separate dish
7. Place tomato contents you scooped out, chives, ginger, and carrot into the mini-processor and liquefy
8. On small salad plates, lay a bed of half the lettuce on each plate
9. Fill tomatoes with layers of the peppers and shallots
10. Place tomatoes on the lettuce bases
11. Add 1 tbsp each of the Italian salad dressing, and replace the tomato tops
12. Place some peppers around the lettuce bases
13. Add 4 generous dollops of the liquefied tomato blend around the tomatoes
14. Refrigerate until serving

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