fresh basil, S&P. When roasted remove, place over sliced andouille sausage, cover with fresh mozzarella cheese and melt.

I love the smell and taste of roasted tomato, and basil is one of my favorite flavors. If I could only choose one dish and had to eat it every meal for the rest of my life, it would probably be some form of caprese salad.

In a Bolivian peanut salad. Think spicy peanut sauce over lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, and cukes.

response when I am even in the same room with fresh peanuts and even Bill snacking on peanut butter can bother me.

I am hoping that the sensitivity will go away when i get healthier. I do love them!

and cook them on med-high about 10 minutes with a 1/2c of olive oil, a few minced cloves of garlic and a bunch of fresh chopped parsely. Serve it over pasta. Delish!

If the grape tomatoes are really tasty, you can preserved some of their raw flavor by sauteeing them in a hot pan for about two minutes with lots of chopped basil and generous grinds of salt and pepper. It's like a hot Caprese salad minus the mozzarella. Come to think of it, you toss it with some of those little buffalo mozz balls (maybe quartered?) and serve THAT over pasta too.

The only long noodles I eat any more are lo-mein, but it would be good with rotini or ravioli! I didn't think about the baby mozz balls! Good idea.

and basil

and andouille

and mozzarella.

when i started putting thinly sliced tomato on my homemade Greek pizza (no tomato sauce base, just olive oil.) It's so wonderful.

Just *YUM*

It's so easy to just grab a handful of them. They're my favorite portable veggie snack. Good and good for you. You can eat the whole pint without blowing any diet you might be on.

Such a wonderful pop of tomato flavor. I've never had the tiny ones before. Cherry tomatoes always sort of gross me out, but I like the grape size!

They are the only grocery store tomatoes, save for Ugly Ripes, that have any flavor to them. I have never had a bland pint, and I have eaten many dozens of pints of them over the years. The Santa Sweets brand are always the sweetest of the lot, too.

It was lucky that I was given this batch. I don't think I would have tried them otherwise...

In fact, the frost finally got them this past week. We had an exceptionally hot summer here, so they didn't do quite as well as they could have, but they certainly did better than my bush tomato. They definitely have the potential to be prolific under the right conditions.

season with salt and pepper. Simple

They melt into luscious goodness.

toss them with cous cous, goat cheese and pine nuts. i added braised pearl onions the last time i made this. omg, it was incredible.

and I still have enough left that I could try this. Thanks for the suggestion!

but it's a great idea if I end up getting more! I usually buy beefsteak or romas, plus we grow heirlooms, so the grape tomatoes are new to me!

Toast a couple slices of bread then melt american cheese leave open faced then put on the melted toasted cheese. Delicious.

Thanks for the suggestion.

the stuff. Its so good. Also ricotti on hamburger or a steak. So good. Hope you like it.

Well, and balsamic vinegar to taste. Mix it up and refrigerate it. It is best after it has been in the fridge for a few hours and really versatile. I like it as is, right out of the fridge, but it also makes a great topping for eggs, a pita sandwich, flour tortilla pizza, pasta, or whatever else comes to mind. Caution: it does not last long. On the plus side, it gets eaten before it has a chance to even THINK about going bad.

Cut the tomatoes in half. Salt them. Add mozzarella balls roughly the same size as the tomatoes and some rough chopped basil. Let it sit an hour or three. Serve at room temp. Dip crusty bread in the juice.

A little is good. Too much is like meth.

A little goes a long way. Not too fattening that way at all.

This is a most unusual pesto made with cherry tomatoes that is one of the best things I've ever eaten...

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/1/post/2011/07/recipe-time-try-this-remarkable-easy-pesto.html

Can't WAIT to try that with next season's Sun Golds!

And I love pesto. handy stuff to have around the house!

If you're sick of them raw, cut them in half and make a fresh tomato sauce with them. They cook down beautifully and make a wonderful sauce.

These would make great sauce! Thanks for the suggestion.

and it adds so much flavor. I always make them that way now. The tomato will cook down and into the sauce, so if you want some actual tomato bits, cut them a little chunkier.

Do you have corn that was frozen fresh? Thaw it, cut the tomatoes in half, and mix corn and tomatoes with mint and lime juice. Let stand for 30 minutes or so. Yum!

I don't think I've ever had mint with corn and tomatoes.

Thanks for the suggestion!

There were bathing suits and hoses involved. The kids found the over-abundance of grape tomatoes that grew out of the compost pile (more than we could possibly eat) Hilarity ensued making it a memorable birthday celebration. The next year we had tomatoes coming up everywhere there wasn't grass.

I used to go out to eat with a crazy friend during grad school who would do really bizarre things with the cherry tomatoes that came in a side salad. We laughed so hard, and so loud that I am always surprised that we were never thrown out of the restaurants.

that they had bought thinking that they were plums. My mom made tomato preserves out of them and it was delicious. It didn't really taste like tomatoes, but it wasn't as sweet as a lot of preserves. I tried making some myself several years ago using a recipe that inlcuded thinly sliced lemons like in a marmalade. It was good, also, but I didn't like it as well. Either way, the flavor is good and the color of the finished product is incredible.

Thanks for the response. I've used some of them, in fajitas last night, but i'm still thinking of doing sort of preserves too.

They melted away into an incredible luscious sauce. Yummmmy. Still have enough to do one more meal with. Thank you all for the suggestions!

ourselves. I love tomatoes. I can eat 5 or 6 cut up in a bowl with a little salt. Ymmmmmmmmm. She gave us so much that I used the blender and was able to make juice out of it. I was able to make 6 large bags of juice that I use to make homemade soup. Its a cheap meal easy to make.

Use a pack of stew meat
elbow macaroni
chop up celery and carrots
Parmesan Cheese
one white onion
3 or 4 tablespoons of olive oil
water
one can of tomato paste


Put all the stuff in one pot and put the tomato paste and fill the pot with water. Cook on low heat. po Check to see if stew meat is finished. When it is turn soup off.

I don't really care for onions to much but I like the flavor. If you like the onion then you can chop it up. I always take it out when the soup is done because my family won't eat the onion.

In a separate pot cook the elbow macaroni for about 13 minutes. Drain water. Make individual bowl for each person. Top it off with the Parmesan cheese. My mom said they use to eat this in Italy during the war. It really is good. If the kids don't like the veggies just strain the juice and pick the meat out. My mother use to do that for us when we were kids. Really good when you are sick with a cold. Very easy to make. You can't screw it up.

I have a friend who is allergic. I cant imagine cooking without onions (and garlic.) Cooked onions are sweet, probably why I like them! But we are picky about which onions we buy, so that may be a factor too. Some have better flavor cooked.

The recipe sounds great! Thank you for posting it!

agree with my stomach.

I like that pop of sweet onion with the earthiness of the liver.

I had my gall bladder removed a few years ago and I don't have any trouble at all any more with cooked onions. Good thing too...I love them. I'm sorry they cause you trouble. It might be a reaction that happens when combined with something else in the meal...?

spice in general. I also don't like alot of spicy foods. To be honest Lucinda I am a very picky eater. I wish I wasn't but I am. You would think a person like me who has lived all over the country and even lived overseas I wouldn't be. But I am. I do try to now to at least taste the food. But I am a simple person. I don't even like mayo, ketcup, mustard. My mom never used that stuff when I was growing up. She learned to like mayo but I never could even to this day. When I have to make a sandwich for my hubby I have to turn my head because the smell makes me sick. Go figure. Now I could live on hamburgers and pasta.

so I get what you are saying. You are actually probably more daring than I am!

I've been a vegetarian twice in my life, four years each time, and there are still aspects of meat that gross me out. It wouldn't take much to tip me back towards veggie land. I won't touch some game, would never consider frog legs and a few other things along those lines because it bothers me. I have family and friends who hunt, and I have no problems with them doing it if it is for the table and not trophy killing, but still just can't bring myself to eat it. Not even a taste.

its not to wild). I am a meat eater. But I don't eat as much as I use to eat. I do love hamburgers with ricotti cheese on top. I hardly salt my food. When I cook the family knows to salt their own food. I do think my granddaughter is use to the way I cook and she doesn't like alot of salt either. There are just some foods I like and others I just don't. I love Korean food better then Japanese Food. I think it there is a difference in the way they cook their foods. I don't like mexican food except for rice. I don't like tacos (except for the flour kind). When I was young I wouldn't try none of it. At least now I will try it unless it is hot spicy. Like I said I can't take spicy.