First Tomatoes of 2011

I picked the first tomatoes of the season from our garden a couple of nights ago.   They were from an Amish Paste tomato plant that my friend Sylvie (www.laughingduckgardens.com) gave to me in trade for pepper plants.  What do you do with just two tomatoes?  Use them as a garnish, of course!  So I made a quiche-sort-of-dish, using a homemade butter crust, eggs from my chickens, basil pesto made from my leftover basil from last year, a gypsy sweet pepper & a salsa pepper from this year's garden, Trickling Springs milk (2%), and some swiss cheese from the grocery store.

The result was a rustic-looking square egg tart.  YUM!

Nice Tomatoes!

Here's the harvest for Wednesday, 7/28/10!  I forgot to include Ron's peppers...he picked a small bowlful.

I think I'll start off by canning a red tomato sauce made with the Cherokee Purples, the Romas, and some other random veggies; and a batch made up with the White Wonders and Green Zebras, with a healthy dose of some of the copious amounts of basil that I have.  I'm curious to see if the White Wonders retain their pretty color when they're cooked.