As a pro weight-loss coach, I’m all about eating healthy. My clients and friends absolutely love these healthy and tasty tomatoes.
—Shana Conradt, Greenville, WI
Takes: 25 min. • Makes: 4 servings
3 Italian turkey sausage links (4 oz. each), casings removed
1 cup (4 oz.) crumbled feta cheese, divided
8 plum tomatoes
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
Minced fresh parsley
1. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat for 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles. Transfer to a small bowl; stir in 1/2 cup of the cheese.
2. Cut tomatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving a 1/2-in. shell; discard pulp. Sprinkle tomatoes with salt and pepper; transfer to an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Spoon the sausage mixture into the tomato shells; drizzle with vinegar. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
3. Bake, uncovered, at 350° until heated through, 10-12 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley.
4 stuffed tomato halves: 200 cal., 10g fat (4g sat. fat), 46mg chol., 777mg sod., 12g carb. (8g sugars, 3g fiber), 16g pro. Diabetic exchanges: 2 medium-fat meat, 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch.