Would you like a cherry tomato on top? Did you know that ten cherry tomatoes have almost as much potassium as a medium banana? Eating potassium-rich foods lowers blood pressure and increases your body’s ability to excrete sodium improving your overall heart health. Cherry tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C and other antioxidants. According to Medical News Today, “Tomatoes can help combat the formation of free radicals known to cause cancer. Tomatoes also contain lycopene. Lycopene is a polyphenol, or plant compound, that has been linked with one type of prostate cancer prevention. ”
So the next time you make a soup or salad add fresh cherry tomatoes to enhance the flavor, increase nutrients and protect your body from free radicals.
Roasted Garlic Tomatoes @missdiagnosedendo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Ingredients:
- 2 pint cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 3-4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 shallots sliced
- 1/4 cup rosemary chopped
- 2 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- 1 16 oz pint mason jar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Spread evenly tomatoes, garlic, and shallots on a flat cookie.
- Drizzle with oil.
- Sprinkle rosemary over tomatoes and season with Himalayan salt and fresh cracked pepper.
- Roast for 40 minutes @450
Cooking tip: Make a large batch and transfer tomato mixture to a 16 oz pint mason jar. Put lid on while it’s hot and wait for it to completely cool to create a natural seal. Store tomatoes in fridge for up to a week and use for other meals such as lettuce wraps, breakfast quiches and dishes, cold and warm salads, soups, pilafs, gluten free pastas and more.
Gluten free cherry tomato and pesto chicken pasta.
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