Fresh tomatoes, anyone?

**Barbara** · 08-09-2010, 10:07 AM

Wow- I remember the taste of fresh tomatoes. And I can see these got plenty of sun

**MoonandBean** · 08-09-2010, 10:23 AM

Nice!!!!!!!!!

**Randi** · 08-09-2010, 10:25 AM

Wow, that's quite a few tomatoes and they look yummy!

The big ones you could use for Gazpacho. Here's a good recipe:

2 big slices of white bread (crusts removed)
4-6 large ripe tomatoes
2 small green peppers
1/2 cucumber
1/2 onion
1-2 cloves garlic
70 ml. olive oil
1-2 teaspoons salt
4-5 table spoons winegar (white)
1/4 - 1/2 liter of water

Put the bread to soak in water.
Peel the tomatoes (dip them in boiling water for 10 seconds). Cut them into chunks and put them into the blender with the peppers, cucumber, onion and garlic, all cut in pieces. Whirl until pureed and strain into a large bowl.
Squeese the water from the bread and puree in the blender, then add the salt and vinegar. With the motor running add the oil in a slow stream until corporated into the bread. Ladle some of the tomato back into the processor, then mix with the bowl of tomato puree. Stir in the water and adjust the seasoning.

Chill until serving time!

Garnish with finely chopped, tomatoes, onions, peppers, cucumbers, hardboiled eggs and croutons. (use the yummy Italian ones!)

**lvpets2002** · 08-09-2010, 10:52 AM

WoW just look at all of those Yummies.. I just love mini & romo tomatoes.. I will be right there..

**Freedom** · 08-09-2010, 11:31 AM

Thanks, Randi!

Oh yes, yum, yum, yum~!

**Daisy and Delilah** · 08-09-2010, 11:54 AM

I remember the days when I grew tomatoes. They were soooooooo goooooooood. I know you will enjoy them, Sandie and Dad!!

**cassiesmom** · 08-09-2010, 12:00 PM

Yummy, yummy! Time for basil and mozzarella cheese, again! Do you like BLT's?

**aTailOf2Kitties** · 08-09-2010, 01:01 PM

my boyfriend planted about 20 plants in the yard and I have another 7 or 8 in pots on the porch. We don't have a huge harvest every day but he's the only one eating them anyway. I usually pick a few whenever I am going to my parents' house. Their neighbor goes nuts over the homegrown tomatoes, even though ours are rather small. It's just nice to grow things sometimes, even when I myself don't eat them. We had a jalepeno plant that put out peppers until early December last year. I had a bunch of giant sunflowers too, but they were just the lucky ones that fell out of the feeder and weren't devoured by squirrels.