Baked Tomatoes With Quinoa, Corn And Green Chilies

Total Time: 2 hrs 23 mins Preparation Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 28 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 2 cups corn, well drained
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano (i used the ground kind and much less)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon salt, divided
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (i used regular pepper and to our own taste)
• 6 large ripe tomatoes (about 4 lbs.)
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1/4 cup water
• 4 ounces colby-monterey jack cheese, shredded (about 1 cup packed)

Recipe

• 1 stir onion in a pan and sautee' until soft. add corn and stir about a minute. add green chilies and cook for another minute. stir in oregano, oil, lime juice, 1/4 tsp salt, cumin and black pepper.
• 2 cut tops off tomatoes, set aside.
• 3 carefully scoop out tomato pulp leaving shells intact.
• 4 drain pulp through a sieve over a bowl pressing with the back of a spoon to extract liquid.
• 5 reserve 1/1/4 cups liquid and discard remaining liquid.
• 6 sprinkle tomatoes with 1/2 tsp salt and invert them on a wire rack. let stand 30 minutes.then dry insides with a paper towel.
• 7 place qkuinoa in a fine sieve and place sieve in a large bowl. aaacover quinoa with water. using hands rub the grains together for 30 seconds. rinse and drain. repeat the procedure twice. drain well.
• 8 combine reserved tomato liquid, quinoa, 1/4 cup water and the remaining sdalt in a medium pan and bring to a boil.
• 9 cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
• 10 add quinoa mixture to corn, onion and green chilies mixture toss well.
• 11 pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 12 spoon about 3/4 cup corn mixture into each tomato.
• 13 divide cheese evenly among tomatoes.
• 14 place tomatoes (and tops if desired) on a jelly roll pan.
• 15 bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• 16 remove from oven and pre-heat broiler.
• 17 broil tomatoes 1 1/2 minutes or until cheese melts.
• 18 placae tomato tops on and serve.