What Is Green, Yellow or Red??
Published by Carolin on Tagged Appetizer, Side Dish, Vegetarian
Green, Yellow or Red. What am I talking about? Tomatoes of course. Well it is coming to the end of the tomato season for a lot of us. Now that is not to say you can’t still get them all year round. It just means the really tasty local ones are coming to an end. I hate to say it, but the ones that you get in the winter aren’t as tasty. They are picked early because they have to be shipped and so the end result is not as much flavor. Now there are people that will only use ingredients that are in season for them. That is great, but if you get a craving for a tomato and it is winter in Canada, you are going to be buying those ones shipped from wherever land. So you might as well enjoy them.
One of the things that is so great about tomatoes is that you can take a few ingredients and add them to the tomatoes and voila you have a great dish. Take tonight in my house. It is a very busy night, my oldest son has swimming right after school. So I get him ready. He goes to swimming, I then try to entertain the 2 year old get supper ready and do lunches. Because after supper I have yoga and meditation (believe me I need it).
So I am running around making supper thinking what to do for vegetables. Do I do a salad, cut up fresh vegetables and dip, or a cooked vegetable? Now I have to say this is really for my husband and me. My sons both prefer raw vegetables. Who am I to complain? I cut them up every night for them. So back to what should I do? I look over and I have a bowl full of tomatoes and I don’t feel like washing lettuce. Plus my husband loves tomatoes. I have the oven on for the chicken so it only makes sense to cook those tomatoes.
So here is one of my favorite ways to do tomatoes, especially in the fall and winter. This is just as good with those tomatoes that didn’t quite change in color, meaning the green ones. Once again this is one of those recipes that I just guess at measurements.
Tomatoes With Garlic And Parmesan Cheese
Preheat oven to 400°F
6-8 Tomatoes
8 Garlic cloves (I leave whole. I just hit them with a big knife so I can remove the skin)
Parmesan cheese
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Cut tomatoes in ½ or ¼ depending on size. Place in baking dish so they are a single layer. Throw in garlic. Coat with olive oil don’t be shy with the amount. You want the bottom of your pan covered. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese. Again do be shy.
There you go. I am serving this with homemade chicken strips and baked potatoes.
TIP OF THE DAY
Cut your tomatoes with a serrated knife (aka the bread knife). It really works the best.
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