Couscous-Filled Heirloom Tomatoes

Serves 4
Time 1 hr 15 min
Couscous-Filled Heirloom Tomatoes

Choose striped or uniquely colored heirloom tomatoes for this light vegetarian entrée or side dish. Add a drained can of tuna or salmon to the couscous filling, if you like.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
VeganVegan
VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    4 mediumheirloom tomatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds total), sliced across the core-end to remove the tops
    1 cupuncooked whole wheat couscous
    1 tablespoonsherry vinegar
    2 teaspoonschopped fresh regular or lemon thyme, divided
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt
    1/4 teaspoonground black pepper
    1 can (15-ounce)no-salt-added garbanzo beans (also called chickpeas), rinsed and drained

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Method

Using a spoon, scoop out the middle of each tomato, leaving 1/4-inch flesh around the outside.


Finely chop any large pieces and transfer to a large, nonreactive bowl, along with any accumulated juices. (Transfer hollowed out tomatoes to a platter, cover and set aside at room temperature.)


To the chopped tomato, add couscous, vinegar, 1 teaspoon thyme, salt and pepper; stir well, cover and set aside at room temperature until couscous is tender, about 1 hour.


Fluff couscous mixture with a fork and then stir in garbanzo beans.


Spoon into tomato halves, garnish with remaining 1 teaspoon thyme and serve.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

270

Total Fat

2.5g

Saturated Fat

0.5g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

310mg

Total Carbohydrate

54g

Dietary Fiber

11g

Total Sugars

6g

Protein

12g

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