Monday, August 10, 2015

Garden meals

 I've been roasting any tomatoes that won't get eaten right away to either save for pasta sauce or even to freeze to put in soups over the winter. A bit of garlic roasted softens and smashes into a paste (I add a bit of water) for nice flavor.
 Sauteed shishito peppers are a great side dish or appetizer, just cook them until completely blistered, with some olive oil, kosher salt and pepper.
They've been growing well!
 Tonight's dinner: I've been enjoying the simplicity and delicious, fresh taste of various garden tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, wild arugula and basil salad with salt, pepper, olive oil and a splash of balsamic. Perfect summer meal!
A good slicing tomato, courtesy of dear neighbors Denise and Lester. We are constantly "community" gardening and sharing our harvests. Such fun! (They get more sun on their side, too!).
Post-roasted tomatoes.

 Potato harvest after not checking them for months. The purple ones are so pretty.
Fresh-picked strawberries.

 Healthy zucchini-walnut-dark chocolate chip (in some only, Mom!), coconut muffins made with whole wheat flour, garden zucchini, little bit of brown sugar, applesauce, honey nonfat Greek yogurt. Not too sweet!

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