Tomatoes, who has tomatoes…I DO!!!!!!!!
My Dad’s garden is producing a plenty, his plants are 8 feet tall and going wild!!!
I have a few pictures here from the beginning stages, they are about 5 to almost 6 foot at this point,
my Dad here is growing, leaf lettuce, kale, peppers, cucumbers, onions, green beans, eggplants and of course Tomatoes!!!
There maybe be more he grows but I can remember, I do know he has another patch that asparagus is in and the green house that things grow too…
but I just decided to write this blog about tomatoes last night, so I don’t have recent pictures of it 🙂 these picture were about the 2nd week of June
So I have been eating a lot of tomatoes lately, but they have really only been from my Dad’s, I don’t buy them usually, but I do love when I get them from him and his garden.
As anyone knows they just taste better than you can get in the store and it’s really the only eat time I do eat them.
My Mom and Dad will freeze them, stew them, roast them, sauce them, slice them for BLT (which I think they east daily during the summer) and chop them for salads. Plus whatever else they do with them 🙂
I on the other hand I tend to eat them a little differently 🙂
First I blanch them and remove the skins, I have issues with the skins, that’s all I will say 🙂
Here are a few pictures of ways that I have enjoyed using my Dad’s fresh tomatoes from his garden.
I hope you will enjoy too!!!
Making sauce, in my Vitamix are tomatoes, roasted garlic, some Italian herbs, red pepper flakes and salt.
The Vitamix will also cook it too you let it run about 5-7 minutes and you have hot soup or sauce 🙂
Mixing it all up
Freezing some for winter 🙂
Cooking some down too
This is the cherry tomatoes, sauteed with garlic, onions and spinach
tossed with the pasta, then fold in some fresh mozzarella pearls
then a drizzle of some balsamic glaze…Delish!!!!
My all time favorite thing in the world is
Polenta with fresh tomatoes and a poached egg!!!
This is heaven for me!!!
another day again…YUMMY!!!
This is my FBT…Fake bacon and tomato 😛
Ran out of the cornmeal to make polenta
So I made couscous instead…Delish too!!!
This was last night’s dinner
tomatoes, roasted garlic tossed with pasta and some fresh mozzarella cubes
I was talking about making this a work…so ladies this is what I made…simple and quick 🙂
Oh and here is the kale and I made some kale chips…very good with a
sprinkle of kosher salt and garlic powder 🙂
Here are couple of links of 2 more of my blogs that I used tomatoes in the past
First up is my Tomato Cobbler – this turned out really really good so if you
want something a little different try this recipe.
Second is Orzo Salad with Basil, Tomato & Feta – I made this at one
of my outdoor cooking classes last year.
Enjoy the rest of the summer everyone!!!
What’s next here hopefully sooner than later
my trip to Bourbon Country 🙂
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