3: JUST TOMATOES,

SLOW ROASTED TOMATOES   Click here for downloadable Tomato Recipe Sheet

I love preserving the ripe fresh tomatoes from my garden for those cold snowy wintery days.

Enough tomatoes to cover a cookie sheet when quartered

3 Tsp. Salt – I use Norton Salt Flakes

Few cloves of minced garlic

Fresh oregano – Tablespoon or 2

Freshly ground black pepper – to taste

¼ cup or so of good olive oil

2 Tbs. balsamic vinegar

Blanch the tomatoes in hot boiling water for 30 seconds then immediately into a cold water bath to cool. Peel the skin off of the tomatoes and quarter, making sure to save the juice onto the pan.

Combine the salt, garlic, oregano, pepper and vinegar with the oil then pour over the tomatoes.

Roast in 350 oven about one hour.

Cool, then store in a Freezer bag in the freezer until ready for some tasty pasta topping!

—Pat F

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, SOUTHERN STYLE

This is my Mother’s recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes Southern style. Slice several green tomatoes about a half inch thick or to your liking. Salt and pepper to taste. Roll the green tomatoes in flour the same as you would fried chicken. Heat the oil very hot and fry. The fried green tomatoes should be eaten while they are hot or they will become soggy. Enjoy! — Sara

MIDSUMMER DAY’S ENSALATA

This dish is an assemblage of ingredients. It can be made into a main dish by adding (chorizo) sausage, thinly sliced steak or chick peas.

Ingredients: 3 tomatoes, cut into eighths, 1 cup fresh or canned cooked corn, 1 cup red onion, medium size, diced, 1 red pepper or a small jar of roasted peppers, diced and black olives (15.)

Cilantro Dressing (Juice of three limes, 3 tbsp. cilantro, minced, 3/4 cup of olive oil, whisked.)

Assemble, Dress, Serve. Next time, decide what other harvest vegetables can go into this. It’s that kind of salad, great in August.

— Pat L 

Pat F. offers this quiche-like pie--use your tomatoes

Heirloom Tomato and Cheese Pie

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