BLT Poppers

[MilesBFree]

Ingredients:
2 dozen cherry tomatoes
4 oz cream cheese (typically a half package)
2 Tbsp mayo
6 slices bacon
1/2 cup chopped raw spinach (I eyeballed this so could need a bit more or less)
2 green onions, sliced fairly fine (I used the green middle section of these)
1 small package croutons (or make your own)

Directions:
1. Hollow out cherry tomatoes.

2. Crisp and chop the bacon (the more the merrier)

3. Mix all ingredients other than the tomatoes and croutons; stuff mixture into the tomatoes.

4. Top each popper with a crouton.

[Huskers57]

definitely sounds great! I'll be trying this next week! Thanks!

[CombatTargeteer]

do you mix what you took out of the tomatoes into this as well?

[frenzy5]

I'm wondering the same thing

[MilesBFree]

No, I didn't use the tomato innards. My thought was it would make the stuffing too runny. But I hated to waste that, so I might use at least some next time (probably would run it through a strainer to get rid of the seeds, but the pulp and juice would be good to use).

[KleinTxHusker]

My primary gripe about recipes like this is they are a lot of work (Hollowing out Cherry Tomatoes?)... granted, taste great... What I want is for you to invite me over to have some...

The Cherry tomatoes seem to be pretty small to stuff... (do you slice to top off?) I am thinking that you'd need to slice in half...

I am wondering if Roma Tomatoes might work even better... a bit larger, but not too large... you could slice in half... should have a rich tomato flavor... also the oblong ones from Mexico (in Yellow plastic package) would work, a bit larger and very rich tomato flavor (I buy them in lieu of cherry tomatoes all the time now)...

[BasilLongfellow]

So I just got done preparing these babies. I used about 30 cherry tomatoes and cut the fill recipe in half (except for the bacon). It did take forever and was a tedious. They are delicious though. I am using them as a garnish on a vegetable tray. We'll see how the guests enjoy them.

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