Again, tomatoes became my "go to" vegetable. Granted these little guys, which came out of my friend's garden in Florida, are very different than the few I had last week. It was another late night and the day got away from me. I had a butternut squash that was calling my name and a great recipe for it but we got a little sidetracked at a friends house and ended up coming home way past dinner time, certainly too late to put a squash in the oven. Having a fresh bunch of basil in the fridge along with a container full of these guys, I couldn't help myself making a tomato salad at 10:30 pm. With a little vinegar, some good olive oil, fresh garlic and salt and pepper, it made a nice vinaigrette for the tomatoes. I have been making tomato salads like this for years now but the one part that was always a pain, was cutting each one of these guys individually in half. Then one day, I caught a Rachel Ray episode (before my "beef" with her started...that story is for another time) and she offered up a little trick to making this task easier; Take two medium size storage container lids, put a handful of tomatoes in one on the counter top, with the lip facing up so they don't roll out and the other one on top of the tomatoes (kind of like a sandwich), gently press down, taking a long knife, slice through the entire bunch at once! It saves so much time and is a great trick, even if it came from "her"!
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