Baked Tomato and Mushroom Salad
March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013
What is your favorite way to cook, or eat tomatoes? I currently have an abundance of fresh home-grown tomatoes coming from my garden each day. I collected 2 kg yesterday and have more to collect today. It is wonderful, having so many to eat. It means that I can eat them any which way I choose!
My absolute favorite way is to enjoy them freshly picked and sliced on crusty bread and seasoned with salt and pepper.
My second favorite way is to bake them and drizzle with a little olive oil and salt and pepper once they are cooked. Baking tomatoes really draws out the sweet flavor and it makes for a different textural experience also.
This is an easy salad recipe I whipped up for dinner, fresh from the garden and drizzled with a dressing made of freshly picked herbs.
The addition of the mushrooms provides a vitamin boost as well as some density to the salad. We really enjoyed the crispness of the fennel and the slightly bitey (is that a word?) flavor that the fennel adds, plus it makes the salad a little different, and different is good 🙂
Serves: 2 adults
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20-25 minutes (if baking tomatoes)
What is your favorite way to eat tomatoes? Are your tomato plants still producing?
I love tomatoes on buttered toast with salt + pepper. I think my most favourite way though is baked eggs…usually as that has chorizo in it.
I need to try those urgently. I picked up two iron pans at a “around again” recycle center and have been meaning to try out a few recipes. It is going to the top of my list Miss Piggy 🙂