I perused Lee Bailey’s little cookbook named ‘Tomatoes’ this afternoon. I made salsa for Brian (the only thing not from the garden was the onion). I tasted it and it was hot as I had added an entire jalepeno pepper. The next thing, and it’s still cooking down was a sweet and tart tomato butter. It’s still watery looking, so I’ll keep it on the stove as long as I have to. And finally, for dinner, some basic tomato sauce. It called for shredded carrots cooked with the onion at the beginning-I’ve never added carrots to tomato sauce. I think I used 2 dozen of the toms today. Yeah. Not to say I don’t need to pick more out of the garden tomorrow. I’m thinking about a tomato pie next (not today). Here’s some photos:
Collages & Creative Goodness 
Yum, look at all that wonderful food made with tomatoes:-) Our tomatoes haven’t even started to ripen yet so it will be a little while yet before I have to get into that stuff. Right now I’m really busy with making dill pickles and blanching peas and yellow beans to freeze. Now I have a couple of free days before it starts all over again! lol xox
Yum!!
They seem to regularly add carrots to tomato sauce here – I’d also never seen it before.
That sounds like a great way to spend a cold, rainy summer day.
The salsa looks great. I want to dip a giant corn chip in it!
I can’t see pic #2. Just a red x.
oh, forget what I said. Now I can see it. I like the addition of carrots in the sauce, though I don’t think I’ve made it with them.