It’s turned dramatically colder in the last few days. Not really surprising, given that it is the end of October. I refuse to turn on the heat until November 1st though. But, colder weather means warmer food so I made this lovely Bacon Shrimp and Corn Chowder for dinner last night. Now, soup is hard to photograph and chwder even more so, so even though the photo has a whole lot of white in it, you’ll have to trust me that the chowdah has a whole lot of flavor.
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Slow-Cooked Cherry Tomatoes with Garlic and Rosemary
I’ve had a crazy overload of tomatoes from my porch garden this year. It started out with the bigger tomatoes, like Early Girl and Big Boys. Then came the Romas, and now I have a crazy amount of cherry and grape tomatoes. I mean, it’s insane. Every day I am picking at least 20 and there are still at least 2 weeks worth coming. Often I just eat them straight off the vine, but tonight I made these really easy Slow-Cooked Cherry Tomatoes with Garlic and Rosemary for dinner. Would be great with fish, chicken or as a bruschetta topping too. Yum!
Appetizers/Starters, Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks
Blueberry Balsamic Jam with a hint of Rosemary
I went blueberry picking again last weekend. And currants and raspberries actually, but that doesn’t have much to do with this post. In typical fashion, I made some more jam. I love jams. And per my usual, I decided to make this one with a twist: adding a bit of balsamic vinegar and simmering the jam with some rosemary. Now, it isn’t an overwhelming rosemary flavor and the balsamic really just adds a bit of brightness. At any rate, it is delicious on toast but I could also see this being very yummy with savory things, like adding to a cheese plate.
Here is a riff on both pasta salad and caprese, the tomato-mozzarella-basil salad that I eat normally when the local tomatoes come into season. I used mini-everything for this recipe: cherry tomatoes, perlini mozzarella and orecchiette pasta. Orecchiette meand “earlobe” which I think is just funny and somewhat appropriate.
