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| Potting Shed Welcome! |
It's been so cool outside the last three days - what a WELCOME relief! I listened to the weather report early this morning and in another 2 days they are saying the humidity will be on the rise once again. No matter. This time of year we expect the ups and downs in temps.
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| Roma Tomatoes |
On my way out to feed the hens and horses, I stopped to inspect the garden. We don't get a lot of sunlight back here in the woods, but since I have had a pretty good flower garden going the past few years, I decided to plant 3 tomato plants in one of the sunniest locations to see how well they would do. I spotted several tomatoes ripe and begging to be picked, so I brought them in and added them to the ones I collected a couple of days ago. Any bruised or damaged fruits are used as treats for the girls -
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| "The Girls" on the lookout for TREATS! |
I have a recipe found in an old magazine that I thought I would like to try sometime - and here it is, in case YOU have a cold snap and wouldn't mind running your oven for a short while!
Scalloped Tomatoes
3 TBS butter
1/4 Cup minced onions
2 Cups fresh bread crumbs
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Dash cayenne pepper
3-1/2 Cups fresh diced tomatoes
1/4 Cup fresh bread crumbs
1 TBS melted butter
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In 3 TBS of butter, in a small saucepan, saute the onions until tender. Add 2 cups bread crumbs, sugar, salt, pepper and cayenne. Arrange layer of tomatoes in a greased 1-1/2 qt casserole. Top with a layer of onion-bread mixture. Continue until all is used, ending with tomatoes on top. Combine 1/4 cup bread crumbs with 1 TBS melted butter and sprinkle over tomatoes. Bake, uncovered, 45 minutes.
I think this would be good either with a sprinkle of shredded cheese on top during the last 7 minutes of bake time, or great served with grilled cheese sandwiches for a different twist on dinner!
6 comments:
Those scalloped potatoes sound yummy thank you for the recipe.
My email address is kiethsills@att.net and my blog is sillshill.blogspot.com thanks for helping with finding me a way to decorate a wreath. My wreath has the pumpkin with leaves and I use wire to hold everything in place.
That recipe sounds so yummy and I would give it a try if I had some tomatoes. Our garden didn't do good at all this year....
Hugs,
Angela
Hi Sweetie...
Boy does that ever sound good. I love scalloped potatoes, so why not scalloped tomatoes?
Oh were any of the tomatoes bruised for the girls? They sure look like they are begging for a little treat or two. Aren't they just the most beautiful things ever? I love their plumage and they have such sweet faces. Funny I wouldn't think hens or roosters would, but they really do have sweet faces, and you can see alittle spunk in a couple of those gals.
Thanks for sharing sweetie. Hope you had a blessed day.
Country hugs and much love, Sherry
Thanks for following me and I am so glad you did, because now I follow you! This tomato recipe sounds wonderful! Can't wait to try it! Looking forward to seeing you around!
Ooooooo, that recipe sounds wonderful! I can't belive the woodland "critters" don't get to your tomatoes first! Enjoy!!!
Hugs,
Zuzu
Now that sounds very good....I would definitely add the cheese. Cheese is good on absolutely everything, I think!
Becky K.
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