This recipe for Sicilian Pesto Pasta is so simple, it can come together in under 30 minutes. It is fresh, it is lively and it is delicious. I came across a recipe for Pesto alla Trapanese recently and decided to adapt it, garden to table style! For a detailed recipe on how to make this...
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Easy and delicious Sicilian Pesto Recipe (Pesto alla trapanese)
If you think pesto is supposed to be green, think again. Sicilian Pesto (Pesto alla trapanese) is a fresh and lively sauce that will change the way you think about pesto. Genovese pesto may be famous, but it's southern cousin from Sicily deserves more attention. Sicilian pesto combines fresh tomatoes, almonds, basil and mint. Mint...
Easy Tomato Galette with Herbed Cream Cheese and Za'atar
This rustic tomato galette is the perfect way to use up those gorgeous summer heirloom tomatoes. I grow (and eat) a lot of tomatoes! Nothing screams summer more than a ripe, juicy, sweet and tangy tomato. The possibilities are endless. Salads, pies, sandwiches and sauces. Although I enjoy the raw and fleeting flavour of a...
The Best Basil Pesto Recipe Ever
Ok, you're probably saying "not another pesto recipe!" but trust me when I tell you that this is your go to recipe for pesto. Especially true if you're growing your own basil! First of all, let me clarify that this is not an authentic Genoese basil pesto recipe. The authentic basil pesto recipe from Genoa...
10 Things to do With Your Cherry Tomato Glut
If you're like me, you're probably wondering what to do with all those cherry tomatoes your plants keep producing. This guide will show you what I do with my deluge of cherry tomatoes. In 2020, I harvested over 100lbs of cherry tomatoes! Yes! That was not a typo! Red ones, orange ones, yellow ones and...
Easy Tomato and herbed cheese puff pastry tart
If you have a glut of cherry tomatoes like I do, then you must try this puff pastry, herbed cheese and tomato tart recipe! When summer rolls in and we are harvesting cherry tomatoes by the basketful, one of my go to weeknight recipes is a roasted tomato and herbed cheese tart. It's so simple,...
Easy, Quick and Delicious Roasted Tomato Sauce
When tomatoes are coming in hot and heavy from the garden and I can't keep up with eating them fresh, I turn them into roasted tomato sauce. Canning (or preserving) tomato sauce can sound daunting. Sterilizing jars, special equipment and bad bacteria can scare even the most seasoned cook. Guess what? This Roasted Tomato Sauce...