Cherry Tomato Tulips Recipes

CHERRY TOMATO TULIPS

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, milk and lemon juice in medium bowl until blended. Add garlic, onions and dill; mix well.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, poke hole in stem end of each tomato with end of skewer. Place tomatoes, stem ends down, on cutting board. Use serrated knife to cut "x" in top of each tomato, making each cut halfway through tomato. Carefully remove and discard seeds from tomatoes. Insert end of 1 chive into hole in bottom of each tomato.
• Spoon cream cheese mixture into resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag. Insert tip of bag into top of each tomato to pipe about 1-1/2 tsp. filling into each tomato. Arrange on plate to resemble bouquet as shown in photo.

TOMATO TULIPS

Steps:

• 1. Separate cooked yolks from egg whites;refrigerate yolks for later in recipe. --- In a large bowl, combine the first nine(9) ingredients and the chopped egg whites only.
• 2. Mix thoroughly to blend. Add additional mayonnaise and half and half , only if needed. Mixture should be moldable. --- Spray mixing bowl lightly with cooking spray , sized just large enough to hold filling completely to the top. Place potato mixture into bowl, making sure to pack firmly. Cover and refrigerate until ready to fill the tomatoes.
• 3. Making tulips: Use elongated (oval shape) large grape tomatoes. Cut a tomato crosswise, but not to the very bottom. Remove the flesh out of each tomato and put some salad inside. Sprinkle a little grated egg yolk in center tops. Make the tulip stems out of green onion tops. Add some dill as greenery. Put a bow around your bouquet.