Tomatoes = summer. From begging for a tomato plant at Home Depot to buying $30 of tomatoes at the farmer’s market to eating caprese salads every Sunday for a whole summer, tomatoes are a constant fixture of my summer life. And why not? They are absolutely gorgeous, amazingly cheap, and fresh fresh fresh. There is…
Caprese Pizza
One of my fondest food memories as a child is homemade-pizza-for-dinner night. My dad would whip up homemade pizza dough, slather it with sauce and cheese, and bake it until the house smelled like a pizzeria. In my opinion, homemade pizza is a million times better than pizza from a pizzeria… you can control what…
Quick Marinated Tomato-Cucumber Salad
I love a good easy summertime side. Because sometimes you just don’t want to deal with mayo/sour cream, long cooking times, or having the oven or stove on for long periods of time in the middle of August. That’s why I am a big fan of marinated salads. They are vinegar-based, which means low food-borne…