You know those people? You know who I mean. Those people. The ones who don't like tomatoes. Do they annoy you as much as they annoy me?* You go out to dinner, and they specifically order their salads and entrees with no tomatoes. And if there are a few strays in there, they push them off to the sides of their plate like little red goldmines of delicious flavor, just taunting you to eat off someone else's plate.
Another thing. Have you noticed that the only condiment that the tomato haters really like is ketchup? What's that about? You know what ketchup is made of, tomato haters? Say it with me. TOMATOES. Yeah, that's right.
Me, I love a good tomato. In fact, you take some white bread, tomato slices, mayo, salt and pepper, and you have a meal fit for a king. And for less than three dollars! You just can't beat that. I mean, if I had to choose between tomatoes and steak; steak wins every time. No doubt. But sadly, steak everyday just isn't in the budget. Plus, all the heart attacks. So I'll make due with tomatoes every day.
This is a tomato side dish that's versatile, light, simple and super super quick. Start to finish in 10 minutes or less. You can't get much faster than that. It would work with fish, chicken, or that steak I was talking about earlier, or even just by itself. The recipe calls for feta cheese, but you could use pretty much any cheese you want. It would be really great with some mozzarella and basil. You could really play around a lot with the flavors of this dish.
Just make sure you don't serve it to any tomato haters.
Broiled Tomatoes with Feta Cheese
Ingredients Needed:
6 plum tomatoes
1/2 tsp dried Italian seasoning
2/3 cup feta cheese
1/4 cup Italian dressing
salt and pepper to taste
To Make:
Preheat broiler. Cut tomatoes in half, then sprinkle with the Itailian seasoning and salt and pepper. Drizzle the Italian dressing over the tomatoes, then top with the crumbled feta cheese.
Place on a foil lined baking sheet, and place under broiler for 4-6 minutes, checking on them each minute to make sure cheese doesn't burn.
I cut the recipe in half, because that seemed like a lot for two people. I also added quite a bit more Italian seasoning than the recipe called for. All in all, probably one of my favorite side dishes ever.
*I'm just playing, tomato haters, you know I love you.
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