tomato tulips

Ingredients

• OPTION 1 POTATO MIXTURE - MINE
• 4 - 5 cups stiff plain mashed potatoes
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup mayonnaise (blue plate or helmann's) regular or light
• 1/4 cup half and half
• 1 package ranch salad dressing mix, regular or light
• 1/4 cup green onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup hormel's real bacon bits
• - salt and pepper to taste
• 3 large hard boiled eggs
• 24 large 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 cups mashed potatoes
• 1/3 cup celery with leaves, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup sweet pickle relish, drained well
• 1/3 cup dairy sour cream (see *notes below)
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise, regular or light
• 1.3 cups onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup half and half cream
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons yellow mustard, to taste
• 3 large hard boiled eggs, separate yolks from white part
• - salt, pepper, green onion tops
• large oval grape tomatoes