Creative Cooking for the Health-Conscious Gourmet
Low-Calorie | Low-Cholesterol
Healthy Tomato Bruschetta
This bruschetta recipe is appropriate for low-calorie, low-cholesterol, lactovegetarian diet regimens.
Ingredients:
6 Roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
0.5 cup sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil
3 cloves garlic,minced
0.25 cup red onion, diced
0.25 cup olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
0.25 cup fresh basil, stems removed
0.25 tsp salt
0.25 tsp ground black pepper
1 French baguette
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Preheat the oven on broiler setting.
In a large bowl, combine the Roma tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, red onion, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, basil, salt, and pepper. Allow the mixture to sit for 10 minutes.
Cut the baguette into 0.75-in. slices. On a baking sheet, arrange the baguette slices in a single layer.
Broil for 1-2 minutes, until slightly brown. Divide the tomato mixture evenly over the baguette slices. Top the slices with mozzarella cheese.
Broil for 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
Nutritional Information
Servings: slice
Calories: 135, Total fat: 9.7 g, Saturated fat: 1.8 g, Cholesterol: 3 mg, Sodium: 192 mg, Total carbohydrate: 10.5 g, Dietary fiber: 1.4 g, Total sugars: 2.8 g, Protein: 3.3 g
Chef and Author:
Medically Reviewed by FibonacciMD editors.