{"id":1220,"date":"2013-05-18T19:46:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T19:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heather-maclean.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2016-03-18T03:04:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T03:04:45","slug":"caprese-cherry-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/hungry\/caprese-cherry-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Caprese Cherry Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caprese Cherry Tomatoes<\/strong>
\nMakes 6 servings, 18 tomatoes<\/em><\/p>\n

Traditionally, caprese salad (named for the island of Capri) is composed of thick slices of tomatoes, thick slices of fresh mozzarella, and fresh basil. I adore that flavor combination, but wanted something with a little less cheese. These baby tomatoes stuffed with just a bite were the perfect solution!<\/p>\n

1 pint cherry tomatoes (18 tomatoes)
\n4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese or Neufch\u00e2tel cheese, softened to room temperature
\n1 garlic clove, minced
\n1\/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
\n1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil<\/p>\n

1. Use a sharp paring knife to cut the top 1\/4 inch from each cherry tomato, and use the tip of the knife to scoop out the pulp to make a shell. (Save the pulp for sauce or soup, if you wish.) Place the tomatoes cut-side down on paper towels to drain briefly while making the filling.<\/p>\n

2. Mash the cream cheese and garlic together in a small bowl with a rubber spatula. Transfer to a 1-quart resealable plastic bag. Snip off a corner of the bag. Use the bag like a pastry bag to pipe the cheese mixture into the cherry tomatoes.<\/p>\n

3. Spread the mozzarella cheese in a saucer. Turn each cherry tomato upside-down and dip the cheese filling into the mozzarella so it sticks. Turn right-side up. Sprinkle the tops of the tomatoes with the basil. Cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"FFF-cover\"<\/td>\n– From Fabulicious!: Fast & Fit<\/a><\/em>
\nby Teresa Giudice with Heather Maclean<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[45,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2999,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions\/2999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heather-maclean.com\/heathermacleancooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}