Mama Vi’s Baked, Stuffed Tomatoes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 large firm tomatoes
• 1 large onion, diced fine
• 1/2 green bell pepper, diced fine
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated (medium)
• 1/2 lb bacon, fried crisp, crumbled
• 6 -8 slices bread

Recipe

• 1 choose 12 firm, not over ripe, tomatoes and cut tops off and scoop out centers. dice tomato pulp once scooped out.
• 2 either make your own bread crumbs from the bread listed in ingredient list, or just use commercial bread crumbs, enough to thicken the veggie-cheese-bacon-tomato pulp mixture.
• 3 stuffing:
• 4 combine diced onion, bell pepper, celery, grated cheese and fried diced bacon to the roughly diced tomato pulp and bread crumbs.
• 5 season with salt and pepper (to taste).
• 6 spoon the resulting tomato stuffing mixture
• 7 back into tomato shells.
• 8 put into oven and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour,or until tomatoes are well baked and top is golden.