Bushel of Tomatoes

After a recent food shoot, I was please to realize that being the lowest on the totem pole (that’s usually me) garners you first pick at the unused goods table. You see, most photo shoots for food have leftovers of ingredients and in this case, it was beauty shots for locally grown produce, there was a lot!
As the procurer, I learned that tomatoes can never be too red, have the freshest stems or have enough growing on that fresh, clustering vine. Needless to say, of the four they used for the final picture there were a few left over. Of course, knowing where they came from and how indeed fresh they were, I used my totem status and bagged those first!

Tomatoes don’t last long, plus I had quite a few turning brighter every day. I had to get cracking on cooking!

Heirloom Tomato Soup. With a grilled cheese or not, it’s by far my favourite “cream” of tomato soup recipe!
Spaghettini Rustica. Delicious and quick, fresh summer dinner.
Stuffed tomatoes. A bit more time consuming but what an appetizer! They really are killer.
Gazpacho. A summer necessity.

And for all the tomatoes left, I either made a quick, fresh sauce or froze them whole to use again for a fresh tasting sauce once the weather turns grey…