Sunday, August 1, 2010

Gardening in July: Tomatoes Are Ripe

And here's what we've gotten: a nice big, palm-sized brandywine tomato. We sliced this one up, salted it, and topped the slices with mozzarella and basil leaves from the garden. It was a nice treat. And looking at the tomato plant, it appears that we will be enjoying this treat again and again. There are ripening brandywines all over the place.


Here's the garden's harvest for that night.

And here's what Sean did with the rest of the meal. This is a modified Whole Foods recipe. It's chicken kabobs with peaches and red onion, with a heavenly peach preserve, soy sauce, o.j., and rosemary basting sauce. The peaches were fresh from the farmer's market, the red onion from our CSA share, and the rosemary from our garden. We've eaten so well these last few weeks and I have Sean to thank for this. I really am so lucky to have a partner with whom I've found a shared love of cooking and who not only appreciates the family meal, but does, often times all, the preparation of a family meal.