Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

My sister is vegetarian and this is what i have made for her recently as a replacement for meat in a dinnerparty:

Ingredients
4 big portobello mushrooms
a spring onion
some chives
some parsley
a clove of garlic
grated cheese

Preparation
Preheat the oven, switch on grill.
Remove the stems carefully together with the brown gills, and chop into small pieces, chop the spring onion, squeeze the garlic and fry all this shortly with some olive oil.
Remove from the heat and add the parsley and the chives (both chopped)
Place the mushroomcaps upside down and place the mixture where the gills once where.
Sprinkle with the grated cheese
Slowly fry them in a small pan in some olive oil
Place the mushrooms under the grill for a nice cheese crust.

You can skip the frying part and let them cook in the oven for a while, but i prefer to fry them in order to get a nice and juicy result.

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Stuffed Tomatoes

Because of the huge amounts of tomatoes from the garden this time of year, i am trying to find new ways to cook them. This is what i did with another batch last friday, based on an old french recipe:

Ingredients
Tomatoes
250 gr sausage meat
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion
thyme
breadcrumbs

Preparation
Chop the onion and fry until glassy.
Remove the top of the tomatoes and scoop them out.
Mix the sausage meat with the crushed garlic, the fried onion thyme and the breadcrumbs. Also add some salt and pepper.
Put the mixture in the tomatoes, place in an ovendish and cook for 30 minutes in a preheated oven on 200 degrees.

Serve with a baguette and a firm glass of red wine.

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