Baked Stuffed Tomatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 red ripe tomatoes
3 Tbsp. butter, oleo or meat drippings
2 Tbsp. minced onion
1 Tbsp. minced green pepper
1 Tbsp. minced parsley
2 c. soft fresh bread crumbs or rice
1/2 c. diced cooked meat
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven
to
400\u00b0. Grease a small baking dish with oleo. Wash
tomatoes
and
remove
stems and pulp, leaving 1/4 inch shells.
Chop removed pulp and beat in butter with onion, green pepper
and parsley, about 3 minutes.
Add bread crumbs, meat, salt
and
pepper.
Stuff tomato shells with mixture and place in baking
dish.
Bake at 350\u00b0 about 20 minutes.
Brush tomato shells with oleo when half baked.