Tomatoes

Tomatoes are second in popularity only to potatoes in the United States. We grow small salad tomatoes, cherry, plum, and heirloom varieties.

Storage Tips

• Hold tomatoes at room temperature for up to 1 week

• Cut tomatoes deteriorate quickly

• Not fully ripe tomatoes will continue to ripen stored out of the sun at room temperature

• Make sauces, salsas, and purees for winter eating.

Culinary Tips

• Sauté, bake, broil, grill, or eat them raw

• Slice tomatoes and arrange on a plate. Drizzle with olive oil or a vinaigrette, chopped fresh basil or parsley and salt and pepper.

• Add tomato chunks to summer soups and pasta sauces

• Sauté plum tomatoes and add to an omelet

• Hollow-out partially, stuff and bake or grill

• Roast halved tomatoes on a lightly oiled baking pan in at 250 in oven for l hour (season with minced garlic and fresh, chopped basil before you pop them in the oven)

Recipes

Heirloom Tomato Salad

Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

Tomato Pie