Roasted Tomato Sauce

This recipe is a combination of two recipes I've used for tomato sauce using heirloom tomatoes. I've used all sorts of tomato varieties for this, so use whatever you have. This sauce freezes well, so you can stock up for the winter.

3 lbs (1.4 kg) very ripe red or yellow meaty heirloom tomatoes

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

9 large garlic cloves

1 cup chopped yellow onion

1 cup dried white wine

1 small bunch basil (3 oz) (85 g) – leaves removed from stems and torn in 1” pieces

Leaves from 8 sprigs thyme

Share for 9/16/14

The vegetable share will be:Large tomatoes - mixedCranberry beans (a shelling bean)CeleryLettuceSweet pepper Eggplant Also tomorrow will bring fruit, fish, the tortilla share and a Lewis Waite delivery. Check later in the week for Randi Sherman&

Edamame Salad with Tomatoes and Parmesan

This is a nice side dish, served warm or cold, or you could mix it with some smaller shaped pastas for something a little more filling.

1 cup shelled and steamed edamame

1/2 cup mini tomatoes, sliced in half

2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded

2 scallions, roughly chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (optional)

Combine and toss together. Serve immediately, or chill for 15-30 minutes.

For all those string beans

Here's a simple, quick and delicious way to transform your string beans. This is my go-to recipe when I get tired of eating them raw. It's also great with snap peas.

Sauteed String Bean with Ricotta Salata and Mint

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 lb string beans, cleaned and cut crosswise

3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind

1/3 cup Ricotta Salata (or feta)

salt and pepper

Directions:

Simple Cucumber Pickles

I love half-sour pickles, and with all the cucumbers we've been receiving, there is nothing I want more with a sandwich. But store-bought pickles can get pricey. Luckily, I learned how to make them myself a few years ago, so now as long as I'm not too lazy, I can make them at home. You may want to tweak a few ingredients to your liking, the number of garlic cloves or the dill sprigs. The sourness depends on how long you're willing or able to leave the pickles on their own.

1 quart plastic deli container with lid

16 oz spring water, room temperature 

Hellgate share 8/26/14

Your vegetable share for tomorrow will be:
cantaloupe
mini tomatoes
lettuce
eggplant
peppers
cucumbers
summer squash
beans
parsley

There will be an herb share, which will be sorrel and sage.
There will be fruit (look on Facebook later today for what's coming), and
fish for those people on that rotation of the fish share. No Lewis Waite and
no tortillas.

Aug 19 vegetable share

It's a busy Tuesday tomorrow, with vegetables, fruit, tortillas and Lewis
Waite orders coming in.

Your vegetable share will be:
Lettuce
Mixture of large tomatoes
String beans
Summer squash
Cucumbers
Leeks
Sweet peppers

Order your Tomatoes Now!

How to Order Tomatoes

From Farmer Bill our wonderful organic famer at Green Thumb Farm on Long Island

Each 22lb box cost $45 - these are Red Italian Plum Tomatoes.
You may order as late as noon the day before delivery.
Deliveries made starting Tuesday Aug 19th through Tuesday Sept 23.
To order:
Call the farm stand 9am to 5 pm
631-726 1900 with your credit card info.

Aug 12 Share

1 box of mini tomatoes
lettuce
summer squash
cucumbers
string beans
Swiss chard
green peppers
eggplant

Herb share is chives and thyme

Fruit
Peaches
Nectarines
Blackberreis

Aug 5th Share

Lettuce, tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, carrots, summer squash and cucumbers.
There will also be basil shares.

Fruit
Blueberries and Apricots

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