While we still splurge, I try to be more aware and choose healthy Lenten meals like my seafood stuffed tomatoes. Before my focus on finding healthier meals, my favorite meal for Lent was takeout cheese pizza. I know. Definitely not one of the healthy Lenten meals I should have chosen. This year, I have more of a focus on finding healthy meals than I have in the past. This post contains affiliate links, and I will receive compensation if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.
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Healthy Lenten Meals – Seafood-Stuffed Tomatoes
These seafood stuffed tomatoes can be created a few different ways. For the seafood part, you can use lobster, shrimp, crab, imitation crab, tuna or albacore. It all depends on your budget and your family’s preferences. While I absolutely love lobster and crab, our grocery budget doesn’t allow us to splurge very often on that. I used sustainably caught albacore from a can when I made this and it’s absolutely delicious.
What you’ll need to make these seafood stuffed tomatoes:
Cutting board with juice groove – You need to core and remove the center of your tomatoes so you can stuff them. That will make a mess but you can catch all of the juice with a cutting board with a juice groove.
Ellen Christian
Save RecipeIngredients
- 2 large firm tomatoes, organic is best
- 1 6 ounce can of sustainably caught albacore tuna
- 2 tbsp organic Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp Italian herbs, dried
- 1 tbsp finely diced green bell pepper
- 1 tbsp finely diced chives, organic
- 1 slices of cheese
Instructions
- Cut off the top of the tomato and remove the insides. Toss.
- In a bowl, mix the albacore, yogurt, herbs, peppers and chives.
- Press the mixture in the tomatoes.
- Place a piece of cheese over the top of each.
- Bake 5 minutes in 350F oven.
- Enjoy!
If you worry that this won’t be a meal for your family, you can always add a tossed salad and some crusty, homemade bread. Or, you could serve it for lunch instead. Generally, one of these seafood stuffed tomatoes fills me up for lunch.
While this makes a great idea for Lent, it also works well during the height of summer when you have too many tomatoes from the garden. It’s also gluten-free so it’s something that the whole family can enjoy.
What healthy Lenten meals does your family love?
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Ellen is a busy mom of a 20-year-old son and 25-year-old daughter. She owns 5 blogs and is addicted to social media. She believes that it doesn’t have to be difficult to lead a healthy life. She shares simple healthy living tips to show busy women how to lead fulfilling lives. If you’d like to work together, email info@confessionsofanover-workedmom.com to chat.
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