I would like to wax on about how delish our watermelon was. It was juicy, sweet, lite and crunchy. So juicy it ran down your chin and I think I ate about 1/5 of the melon the first day. I did vary it though…I ate it plain. I ate it with lime juice squeezed on top. I ate it with a bit of salt. Really, really, really good. I dare say, the best watermelon I have ever had.
So lets talk about tomatoes? Salted, peppered and tossed with a little peeled cucumber and a dash of EVOO and the tomato water mixes with it and makes a light vinaigrette. I had an extra share from my friend who was on vacation this week and made sauce with the tomatoes, peppers, chard and onion. It will be nice to taste a small ray of summer sun in the fall while we heat hot bowls of pasta or slabs of cheesy lasagna made with our CSA sauce. I reccomend a dash of red wine if you have it or some Balsamic vinaigrette works well also. Don’t forget the sugar and the bay leaves. If you sauce is thin, I like to add a can of either tomato paste or a can of tomato soup (weird?). If you have little ones who might say things like, “ICK, what is the green stuff? What is the chunky thing?” Use a hand blender or regular one to puree your sauce.
You can use it for pizza sauce too and I like buying the premade dough from Trader Joes to make quick pizza’s with whatever is left over in the fridge or freezer. The sauce is also good for Eggplant Parm …..and we all know how MANY eggplants we have. I am finding those are harder to use up than the beets were! While I adore Eggplant Parm..I can only eat it so often and I have to lie to my children and tell them its chicken. I know I am horrible.
Have a great CSA week…if someone wants to take pictures and send them to me I will post them when we get back from our camping trip. I hope I don’t miss more raspberries because they were SO good!
xx
