Posted by Ethne~
Lori and I are revving up for Girls Trip ’13 next weekend –
we can’t wait! One of the things
we LOVE to do together is cook.
We’re even hitting up a farmer’s market this year for groceries.
While checking out at the grocery store recently, I saw this
dreamy tomato on grilled artisan bread on the cover of Martha Stewart
Living. YUM. I didn’t buy the mag; I make up my own recipes all the time, right?
They can get the credit for inspiration, but Shaun and I are totally doing
this ourselves today. If it’s
good, it’s gonna be a re-do at GT next weekend.
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I almost bought the magazine, but then just looked at the recipe. Those *ripe* colored tomatoes are beautiful, huh? |
We’re also having marinated veggie kebabs and flank
steak. Totally fresh and delicious
to take advantage of grilling and produce available here in the Midwest. I can’t wait! (I’m writing this as we cook!!)
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flank steak marinatin' away |
We debated whether to brush the bread with olive oil before
grilling, and decided to do so.
Here’s a grilling pic, snuck through the screen door. Shaun would shoo me away if I tried to
take a picture over his shoulder while he was grilling.
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bread brushed with olive oil |
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sneaky-sneak picture |
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Theodore watched the grilling with me |
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My assembly of ingredients: bread, garlic, olive oil, 2 tomatoes sliced (I cut up another tomato after this pic) + salt & pepper |
When the toast came off the grill (it had grill marks but not charred all-over), I drizzled lightly with olive oil
and rubbed a peeled, fresh clove of garlic on the toasty insides. I laid the tomato slices onto the
bread, drizzled with a bit more olive oil, salt and pepper.
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We don't have the fancy-pants colored tomatoes at our local Target or Cub. These red tomatoes were perfectly ripe though. |
It was so good.
Shaun suggested a slightly crustier bread (such as a
ciabatta or baguette) that has lots of holes inside would toast better, so we’ll
have to try that; he also said I didn’t need one of my two coats of olive oil
(in his opinion); and we thought that in the future, roasting a whole clove of
garlic and spreading that on this like butter would be divine.
Things to try on a really good recipe already. Perfect, since I probably never make
one thing the same way twice anyway!
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PS, check out our new way of storing vitamins - we kept forgetting to take our vitamins when they're up in the cupboard, so I got cute jars and now we don't forget! |