So.Much.Food!

This is the time of year that you need muscles to carry your harvest home! Delicious watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc! Here are a few things I recently enjoyed:

Cucumbers, dill, hot pepper - I know the farm cucs are slowing down, but still want to share. I have a crop of cucs at my house too so made a few batches of pickles. If you don't want to go through the canning process, try the Narrow Bridge Farm Refrigerator Pickles. They are delicious and easy to make.

Cherry tomatoes, green beans, garlic, onion, herbs - Made a delicious salad in which the beans were slightly grilled and then added to a bowl of cherry tomatoes, onion and herbs with a vinaigrette. So yummy!

Tomatoes, garlic, basil - One of my favorite things to do with tomatoes is to make Uncooked Tomato Sauce. So easy to do and so, so delicious!

Eggplant, tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs - Cut up eggplant and placed in preheated pan with olive oil. Added onions and garlic and cooked for a few minutes, then added chopped up tomatoes. Simmered until everything was tender. Topped with fresh herbs. Enjoyed with a nice loaf of bread and ate leftovers on some leftover rice.

Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes...and basil! - Been alternating between Caprese Salad and Bruschetta. A lot of folks add Balsamic vinegar to their versions of these 2 dishes, but with tomatoes so delicious this time of year, I choose to not mask the flavor with vinegar.

Tomato, sweet pepper, onion, garlic - Another summer favorite is to use the tomatoes in a salad. Peel tomatoes, and cut into bite size pieces. Chop peppers to desired size. Slice onion and grate a tiny bit of garlic. Add all to bowl. Sprinkle pepper, salt and oregano over all then drizzle red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and mix up. Be sure to have a good loaf of bread to sop up the dressing left in the bowl - so wonderful!