You say toMAYto, I say toMAHto

I think our friend, Traci, over at Mischief & Mayhem had her first fresh garden tomato over a week or two ago (she's in Seattle). I was so jealous but now it seems to be our turn. FINALLY!! Our big, fat green tomatoes are now turning into big, fat RED TOMATOES!! YAY! I am so excited because I am so not a very patient person. I want instant gratification, I want it now and I usually want it covered in chocolate! But the anticipation for these delicious, red bulbs of goodness made the wait all worthwhile. (hey, isn't there a song about that?)

J made us over sized BLTs for dinner tonight and cut huge slabs of this tomato on the left.

The flavor was just divine!!

These are Super Fantastics

These are our Heartlands. They'll be ready tomorrow.

Another Super Fantastic waiting to be plucked!

We have a bucketful of fresh basil so tomorrow I will make caprese salad for dinner and this weekend I will make fresh red sauce for spaghetti! Yum! We will have tomatoes coming our our ears! We also have groves of cherry tomato plants that we are having a hard time keeping up with harvesting! Most likely we will make salsa like we did last fall. We made so much that we still have a few jars left!

Ahhhh, the tomato. . .the gift that keeps on giving!