Our garden is giving us colorful and healthy gifts on a daily basis. Finally the tomatoes are getting ripe. With all the rain we thought we would never get our
usual daily basket full...this yield doesn't last long so we must take full advantage of it when it starts. The cucumbers are almost done which accounts for the unusual shapes and stunted lengths...they are still delicious and worth the extra time peeling around all the curves! Below is a photo of some of the days pick...the garlic was picked last month and we are enjoying it almost everyday. The
roma tomatoes (plum shaped) are prolific right now and I made a delicious spaghetti sauce last week...
romas make a delightfully thick sauce which I enriched with our herbs and garlic for heightened flavor.
Today I sliced up different varieties so we could do a taste test...it really is hard to rule any of these tomatoes out. Starting at the top to bottom are red
brandywine, jet star, yellow
brandywine, lemon boy, and finally green zebra...
The other day I dressed this tomato dish with fresh
mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and fresh basil...DELICIOUS!!!!!
Hope your garden is doing well...if you don't garden try to get to a local farmers market...these vendors have some wonderful produce and really need our support.
Elizabeth
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