Balsamic Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Crisps

Name: Balsamic Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Crisps
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 8 cherry tomatoes; 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar; Salt and black pepper; 1/4 cup canned white kidney or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 1/2 teaspoon olive oil; 4 large whole-grain crisp crackers; 1 ounce reduced-fat goat cheese, crumbled; 8 baby arugula leaves

By Harley Pasternak, M.Sc. and Laura Moser

February 28, 2011

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Balsamic Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese CrispsCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

The French like to cook using small amounts of intensely flavored ingredients, such as balsamic vinegar and goat cheese.

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