A Yummy South Beach Diet Recipe

We bought a new cookbook....The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook by Arthur Agatston, MD. There are some awesome tasty and simple recipes in our new book which helps make this diet much easier. Below is a wonderful recipe for Stuffed Baked Tomatoes!

4 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise
10-15 button mushrooms finley chopped
3 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 tablespoon of shallots
Dash of Thyme
Cooking Wine
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Scoop out the inside of each tomato half and roughly chop the scooped pulp. Heat 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium to high heat. Add your mushrooms, minced garlic and shallots. 2-4 minutes later add your cooking wine. Once mushrooms appear to be sauteed add the rest of the ingredients, except for the cheese, for only a few minutes & then turn the heat off.

Place tomatoes, cut side up, on a baking sheet. Add cheese to mixture and then spoon in tomato mixture and bake until cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.