Sauce from Freshly Picked Tomatoes

Sauce from Freshly Picked Tomatoes

This was my second time making homemade tomato sauce from tomatoes from my garden this summer.  The first time, I started with 2 pounds of tomatoes and that just did not make enough sauce for my druthers.  This time, I started with over 4 pounds 

Quick and Easy Pesto Pasta Salad

Quick and Easy Pesto Pasta Salad

I can’t do my usual Saturday morning Famer’s Market “shop and socialize” thing this morning because I have a Board Retreat to attend.  Luckily, it is minutes from the market, so I am hoping to leave early, toting my potluck lunch item (you guessed, it, 

pesto, pesto, pesto….  :) and food art featuring fresh-picked garlic

pesto, pesto, pesto…. :) and food art featuring fresh-picked garlic

I am blessed to have a space in a “borrowed/cooperative” garden  in which I have enough basil plants that I can pick enough basil at one time to equal 3 packed cups.  Time for pesto, of course! An added bonus was freshly picked garlic from 

Can’t go wrong with fresh mozzarella!

Can’t go wrong with fresh mozzarella!

Fresh Mozarella purchased at the Farmer’s Market from “The Cheese Man” Phil Hermann, who brings locally made mozzerella, ricotta and goat cheese to the  market. Basil, also from the Farmer’s Market.  Tomatoes from our back yard.  A little olive oil, salt, pepper and a touch 

Finally – Ultimate Hummus!!!

Finally – Ultimate Hummus!!!

I love Middle Eastern food, and have been making hummus for years – and doing a pretty darn good job it too, I might add. 🙂 However, being prone to experimenting, combining recipes, and just plain guessing on measurements, sometimes the texture or flavor would