Fun Ways to use your Late Summer Tomatoes

Our garden is bursting with tomatoes.

I love going out and picking all of the bright red, juicy jewels at a moments notice, 

but to be honest there are only so many we can eat!

I've got a few different ways to share the last tomato taste of summer...

Make a wreath
Our kitchen table has never looked so festive.
Instead of putting our pickings in a bowl,
we've got an all around festive display of tomatoes and basil.
Looks great and smells even better!

Use them as a bowl

A throwback to the days of classic chicken salad or cottage cheese 

served in a hollowed out tomato, 

I've stuffed ours with shrimp salad!

For my easy shrimp salad, 

I mix 3/4 pound of small cooked shrimp from the fish market, 1 small shallot very finely minced, 

2 celery stalks very finely minced, 2 Tablespoons of mayonnaise, 

1/2 tsp dill weed and a good squeeze of fresh lemon.

Chill well and serve in a large hollowed out tomato.

Place on a festive, colorful plate if you want to feel like you are in Palm Beach, circa 1968.

Give them as a gift

Be the most popular person in town...

Gather tomatoes, fresh basil and your favorite mozzarella 

and this Easy Caprese is sure to make anyone's day.

Take a break from Avocado Toast and 

enjoy Tomato Toast

Enjoy that vine-ripened flavor atop crispy, golden bread.

I love to toast sourdough bread then layer on cottage cheese or ricotta,

 sliced tomatoes and crispy fried shallots.

Whether you say Tomato or To-MA-to, 

I say enjoy them while they are at their peak!