Tomato…Tomahto
I used to have an extreme HATRED for tomatoes…honestly, like a “do not even make me hold the ketchup bottle” kind of dislike. For whatever reason they grew on me (the fresh buffalo mozzarella didn’t hurt to sweeten the deal). Now, I surprisingly add them to a lot of meals.
This weekend my friends and I got together to cook a group dinner (hey, it’s the recession…) The meal included Jamie Oliver’s Evolution Tomato Salad. Slice cherry tomatoes into quarters, add 3/4 of a can of cannelloni beans, pieces of fresh basil, 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 2 tablespoons of red wine vingar. Mix with sea salt/black pepper to taste and voila! Jamie also adds black olives but we included fresh squeezes of lime to bring out more of a citrus taste.
