Tomato Florentine Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Add tomatoes; cook and stir for 5-10 minutes or until tender. Add the vegetable juice, pasta, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in spinach and basil. Cook 5 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted.

Steps:

• Combine broth, tomatoes, juice, and soup in a saucepan with a wire whisk over medium heat. Add sugar, spinach, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste, without thawing spinach. Allow to heat gently 20 minutes on medium-low until spinach is tender. Keep hot without letting it boil.
• Add cooked pasta and cook for 10 minutes longer.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook bell pepper, onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in tomatoes, water, basil, bouillon and black pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in spinach and cook 5 to 7 minutes more.

Steps:

• Cut a slice from top or each tomato.
• Scoop out pulp to halfway down tomato and save for sauce or soup.
• In a frypan, melt butter.
• Stir in onion and garlic, cook over medium heat until tender.
• Stir in spinach, milk,and salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon mixture into tomatoes and arrange in ovenproof serving dish or on baking sheet.
• topping: Combine bread crumbs, parsley and cheese, sprinkle over top of tomatoes.
• Bake in 400 degrees oven for 20 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Bring the tomato juice & broth to a boil in a large pot; lower the temperature & simmer for about 60 - 75 minutes or until the liquid is reduced to about half of the original amount.
• Add spinach, garlic, lemon juice& spices; bring to a boil, then lower heat& simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves, add rice and simmer for 10 minutes.