So Long Fresh Tomatoes

Since snow is in the forecast, I'm guessing tonight might be my last night of running out to the garden to pick fresh tomatoes and basil. But oh, it was a good one.


This is from the Rachael Ray cookbook Veggie Meals. I love this cookbook. This particular recipe is called Pasta alla Trapanese: Pasta with Fresh Tomato Basil Sauce.

Here's the original recipe:
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 Scallions thinly sliced
4 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped
6 vine ripe tomatoes, diced
salt and pepper
pasta
basil leaves

You cook up the oil, scallion, and garlic. Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper and just let simmer. Then at the very end add the coarsely chopped basil and serve over pasta.

Tonight I changed it up a bit, I used onion instead of scallions (just because all the scallions at HyVee were nasty looking) then I tossed in a few red pepper flakes and some red wine. Delicious.

So long fresh tomatoes and basil. So long.

Hello SNOW!