tomato tulips

Ingredients For tomato tulips

• OPTION 1 POTATO MIXTURE - MINE
• 4 - 5 c

  stiff plain mashed potatoes
• 1/4 - 1/2 c

  mayonnaise (blue plate or helmann's) regular or light
• 1/4 c

  half and half
• 1 pkg

  ranch salad dressing mix, regular or light
• 1/4 c

  green onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 c

  hormel's real bacon bits
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 lg

  hard boiled eggs
• 24 lg

  grape or small roma tomatoes
• green onion tops, for stems
• fresh dill, for garnish
• baby's breath, for garnish
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• OPTION 2 POTATO MIXTURE - ORIGINAL RECIPE
• 4 1/8 c

  mashed potatoes
• 1/3 c

  celery with leaves, finely chopped
• 1/3 c

  sweet pickle relish, drained well
• 1/3 c

  dairy sour cream (see *notes below)
• 1/4 c

  mayonnaise, regular or light
• 1.3 c

  onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 c

  half and half cream
• 2 Tbsp

  wine vinegar
• 2 tsp

  yellow mustard, to taste
• 3 lg

  hard boiled eggs, separate yolks from white part
• salt, pepper, green onion tops
• lg

  oval grape tomatoes