Tomato Tomahto

So before I lost my job, I took the plunge and bought into a CSA. You know, co-ops (for some reason Justin calls them 'Farm Fresh'. That name makes me cringe) where you help fund a farm and they give you produce for it. Well I got quite a few nice pieces of produce: corn, tomatoes, yellow and purple cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, lettuce. Well, I thought that since I have this produce I'm going to find some easy recipes to make with them. I've got two recipes and both are not mine. I like to give credit where credit is due. The first one, is my corn on the cob recipe. I got it from the food network, though I can't remember which chef...

You'll never want to make corn on the cob another way again.
Step 1.) Preheat oven to 350*
Step 2.) Take off the very outer husk leaving some on
Step 3.) Place in oven
Step 4.) Bake for 30-45 minutes. I have a gas stove so the cooking time depends on the temperature outside.
Step 5.) Enjoy! Simple right?



You will know they are done when the husks open like you see in the picture to your left. So if you forget to set the timer that's the easiest way to tell.






Okay so the second recipe that I'm going to show you is quite simple as well. You can find the original recipe here. I am not a fan of tomatoes, but after the roasted bruschetta that I made with the fresh cherry tomatoes that I got? I think I'm starting to like tomatoes more.

Tomato and Sweet Onion Bake
Your ingredients are:
Olive Oil
2lbs of Tomatoes
1lbs of Onion
3 cloves Garlic* (ProTip at the bottom)
1/3 C Fresh Basil
3 Tbsp Fresh Oregano
Salt and Pepper
Dried artisan bread

1/4C Butter

1/2C Parmesan cheese

Since I am unemployed, I needed to work with what I had so this was my recipe:
Olive Oil
5 Tomatoes
2 Onions
3 cloves Garlic* (ProTip at the bottom)
5 tsp Basil
3 tsp Oregano
Salt and Pepper
Remember the top of my french bread? Yep used that!
1/4 C Butter
1/2 C Parmesan cheese

Your steps are:
1.) Heat oil in a skillet and preheat oven to 350*
2.) Slice onion so they are rings and chop garlic
3.) Saute garlic and onion
4.) While sauteing slice tomatoes




5.) Put tomatoes, herbs, and salt and pepper in a bowl and mix around
6.) In a 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish put in sauteed onions and garlic evenly
7.) Place tomatoes over onions




8.) Put bread, cheese, and butter in a food processor and pulse until crumbly

9.) Put over tomatoes
10.) Bake for 20-25 minutes.
11.) Let stand for five and serve warm!








Omg, this was SO GOOD! I would TOTALLY eat tomatoes like this all the time. I don't know what it was. It was just...amazing. So simple. Fresh foods, ingredients that everyone has (unlike what Rachel Ray says people have in their kitchen) and you just bake it.

Let me know if you try this and how it came out for you! Because this is something I could seriously eat everyday.





ProTip: You don't need some garlic masher to mash or chop garlic. It's really quite simple.

Shell the garlic











Place the flat end of the knife over the garlic and with your fist slam down onto the knife. Since it's flat, it won't cut you. (But I am not responsible for your clumsiness)

And then, just go over it like you would chop anything else!