Seasonal Sundays (Week 34) Tomato Season!

It's like a race, right? Such a short season, so many can't-wait ways to gorge on summer tomatoes. Let me tempt you with Seven Days of Tomato Inspiration ...

~ Skip Straight to the Good Stuff ~

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

I'm still popping the last of candy-sweet and sun-warmed mini tomatoes straight from the pot in my kitchen herb garden even if our regular tomato plants are duds-duds-duds this year.

Luckily, our neighbor a few doors down is not only generous but has a big garden in a sunny spot with an overflow of juicy tomato slicers, just as good if not better than pricey heirlooms from the farmers market.

They won't last forever, another three or four weeks at most.

So I'm trying to pack in all my summer favorites!

There's no denying a lunch-time tomato sandwich (y'know, just tomato and mayo and salt and pepper on good bread) and the household favorites like my husband's mother's Old-Fashioned Cucumber & Tomato Salad and the Insalata Caprese that evokes memories of patio lunches in Zurich twenty one years ago now and of course, Tomato Gazpacho.

My husband crisps an almost-embarrassing amount of Baked Bacon for big Wedge Salads and I whisk up Homemade Mayonnaise for BLTs.

Ahhh. Summer tomatoes!

But with only so many tomatoes and so little time, it's time to get serious about moving past the "standard" tomato recipes and moving onto those that both inspire and satisfy.

Fingers crossed you find a new personal favorite or two!

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Don't get overwhelmed. Don't think you have to personally change the world.

JUST DO YOUR PART.

Pick one thing and put it on top of your To Do List this week. Next week, add another.

Here are my suggestions. I'll be adding to this list ...

• NEXT WEEK Suggestions Welcome.


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Seven Days of Tomato Inspiration

• THE RECIPE Fresh Tomato Sauce For summer's best tomato-pasta feast or a creamy-tomato bed for eggs or sausage.
• ANOTHER TAKE Quick Tomato Sauce for Pasta & Pizza Canned tomatoes plus pantry ingredients, ready in 20 minutes.

• THE RECIPE Chipotle Chickpea Salad A fresh, summer salad with a smidgin of heat, substantial enough for dinner.
• ANOTHER TAKE Tomato & Rice Salad

• THE RECIPE Panzanella The classic Italian tomato and bread salad, worthy of an occasion.
• ANOTHER TAKE Fattoush (Traditional Middle Eastern Salad)

• THE RECIPE Warm Goat Cheese Appetizer with Mini Tomatoes & Capers Weeknight easy, worthy of an occasion.
• ANOTHER TAKE Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes An easy summer appetizer including Pita Crisps.

• THE RECIPE Afghan Eggplant & Tomato Casserole (Borani Banjan)
• ANOTHER TAKE Baked Orzo Casserole with Eggplant, Olives, Goat Cheese & More

• THE RECIPE Summer's Tomato Soup Ripe summer tomatoes only, please.
• ANOTHER TAKE Tomato Gazpacho Worthy of an occasion, a summer meal in itself.

• THE RECIPE Quick Supper Salmon with Pesto Zucchini Noodles & Warm Tomatoes Simple-simple summer food.
• ANOTHER TAKE Grilled Steak with Tomato-Avocado Salad in a Warm Poblano-Bacon Vinaigrette A hearty salad supper, steak with a mess of lettuce, tomatoes, avocado in a poblano-bacon vinaigrette.

Wait! There's More!

I gotta say, it was a real trick nailing down just seven recipes. There are so many more! Hang on, tomatoes, hang on!

• THE COLLECTION tomato recipes from Kitchen Parade
• THE FAMOUS A-Z tomato recipes from A Veggie Venture
• JUST THE FAVORITES Never Take a Good Tomato for Granted: Twelve Favorite Tomato Recipes

What's New?!

Wondering about a recipe from the last while? Check Recent Recipes from Kitchen Parade and Recent Vegetable Recipes from A Veggie Venture.

• THE RECIPE Peach, Cherry & Blueberry Fruit Sauce or Fruit Soup A special three-fruit combo, especially good on chocolate ice cream.
• ANOTHER TAKE Homemade Peach Syrup with Fresh Peaches Thick, caramel-y peach syrup.

• THE RECIPE Peach, Cherry & Blueberry Fruit Sauce or Fruit Soup A special three-fruit combo, especially good on chocolate ice cream.
• ANOTHER TAKE Blueberry Jam with Cinnamon Sweet, spicy, summery blueberry jam in 90 minutes.

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE Skillet-Stewed Green Beans with Tomato & Basil A memorable summer combo.
• ANOTHER TAKE Slow Cooker Green Beans & Tomatoes Meatless Monday magic ...

Something to Read

I'm savoring every moment in a long book called Fellowship Point. When was the last time you read a book about lifelong friendships between women now in their 80s? It's stark and contemplative, a great read – and would make for great conversation in a women's book club.

• THE BOOK Fellowship Point (affiliate link) by Alice Elliott Dark


• BOOK CLUB BOOK IDEAS My Reading Group's Book List since 1994!
• NO TIME TO READ? How I Read 4X More This Year Than Last What I gave up, how I read so much, what I read.

Don't Be a Stranger ...

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