Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed with Avocado Cream

Ingredients:

• 1 md Ripe avocado- peeled
• 2 ts Lemon juice
• 1 sm Clove garlic
• 1/4 ts Leaf basil
• 1/2 8-oz pkg cream cheese-
• -softened
• 1/4 ts Salt
• ds Liquid red pepper seasoning
• 1 1/2 pt Cherry tomatoes
• Parsley sprigs

Preparation:

• Combine avocado and lemon juice in blender, puree until smooth.
• Add garlic, basil, cream cheese, salt and red pepper seasoning, blend until smooth.
• Transfer to medium-size bowl.
• Refrigerate mixture until stiff enough to pipe into tomatoes.
• While avocado cream is chilling, cut very thin slice of tops of tomatoes, scoop out.
• Drain upside-down on paper toweling.
• Fit pastry bag with rosette tip, fill with avocado mixture, pipe into tomatoes.
• (Or fill tomatoes with small spoon.) Garnish tops with small sprig of parsley.