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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut tomatoes in half horizontally; using a melon ball scooper, scoop pulp and seeds out of each half, leaving enough for a firm shell (discard pulp and seeds). | 2. Turn halves upside down to drain. | 3. Trim spinach and chop in food processor. | 4. Preheat oven to 400°F. | 5. In a large skillet, over medium heat, brown ground beef with onion and garlic (5-10 minutes). | 6. Add the spinach and broccoli; cook, covered, for 8 minutes. | 7. Add the tomato sauce, cottage cheese, salt and pepper; cook for 5 more minutes. | 8. Generously stuff the tomato halves with the spinach mixture and place in a casserole dish. | 9. Top each tomato half with bread crumbs. | 10. Bake until tomatoes are soft and breadcrumbs are browned (10-15 minutes). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	3		firm washed	125.58	27.846	6.5520000000000005	1.092
spinach	8	ounces	washed drained	49.8951	8.845	4.9895	0.6804
broccoli	6	cups	washed diced	185.64	36.2544	15.3972	2.0202
beef	3 1/2	1/2	ground	3143.3989	0.0	308.3071	202.0983
onion	1/4		grated	16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
garlic clove	1	teaspoon	minced	4.172	0.9257	0.1781	0.013999999999999999
tomato sauce	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
cottage cheese	1/2	cup	low fat	102.9	3.549	11.675999999999998	4.515
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1/2	teaspoon		3.552	0.8233	0.1248	0.0254
breadcrumb	3	tablespoons	soft	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.