OK- So here is a recipe that I improvised on, and not surprisingly messed up- but turned out very tasty anyway. I served this for Shabbat dinner. I had my crockpot on a timer to turn off around 830pm so it did not have to stay on all of Shabbat. This was nice because we had a hot meal without leaving our oven on or the main dish drying out.
I added too much crushed tomatoes. My stuffed tomatoes disappeared so I had to take some of the juice out. They did still disappear once the cooking was underway- I left it though. When I served it, I simply lifted the tomatoes out and they were intact and beautiful. The meatballs I made turned out amazing as well. They stuck a little to whatever they were sitting on but were easily separated and looked and tasted great.
My kids gobbled the meatballs up and my husband and I gobbled the stuffed tomatoes up.
Crockpot Stuffed Tomatoes
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=91445
Ingredients
* Red Ripe Tomatoes, 6 plum tomato (gutted)* - I used regular huge tomatoes and it was fine
Ground beef, 16 oz * -I used ground turkey
Crushed Tomatoes with Basil (canned), 13 serving (1 28oz can)* I used this large can but it was way too much. I had to take out quite a bit.
Success 10 minute Natural Whole Grain Brown Rice Boil-in-Bag, 1 serving (1/2 bag cooked)
Italian seasoning- I cant use this as my daughter is allergic to rosemary (which seems to be included in italian seasoning). I used one packet of onion soup mix.
garlic salt - Between the soup mi x and this, the outside of the tomatoes ended up a bit too salty- but still good- the inside was great!
Directions
Cut tops off tomatoes. Spoon juice & insides out and throw them into the crock pot. Mix together hamburger and cooked rice. Season to taste (or what looks good) with Italian seasoning, salt & pepper. Stuff the tomatoes with this mixture.Empty can of tomatoes into crock pot and i also added 1/4 can of water. Stand tomatoes up inside crock pot. With the extra meat mixture, you can make some meatballs. These are OK to go on top of the tomatoes- they will still turn out great. .Cook on high for 4 hours (I then turned it on low for an hour and warm after that) -
Number of Servings: 4-6
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