Taste of Summer — Tomatoes

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Step 2</b>: Slice tomatoes, orange pepper, red onion and combine with some canned black beans. Splash a few doses of apple cider vinegar, add a dash of salt and garlic powder, and a drizzle of maple syrup.</p><figure id="c78f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*4-2H7CFbZMxpcahjRy54yw.png"><figcaption>Photos, K.Barrett, author</figcaption></figure><p id="ffab"><b>Step 3</b>: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients.</p><p id="f103"><b>Step 4</b>: If you find out you are having company, add broccoli and the rest of the can of beans. Also, splash, dash, and drizzle more of the seasonings.</p><p id="746f"><b>Step 5</b>: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients.</p><p id="2086"><b>Step 6</b>: If you find out you are having more company, add garbanzo beans, a sliced red pepper, and cubed cucumbers. Again, splash, dash, and drizzle more of the seasonings.</p><p id="b873"><b>Step 5</b>: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients. Then, serve.</p><p id="0131"><b>Variations</b>: Add any other beans or veggies that you like. Some people may also like to add a bit of oil. It would also be a good idea to plan ahead better than I do and just make a lot to start with instead of h

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aving to add more and more to the mix!</p><p id="6d4a"><b>Note</b>: Homegrown tomatoes taste ten times better than store-bought. The bottom line — if you g<a href="https://readmedium.com/get-your-seeds-grow-your-food-846955c76fc6">et your seeds and grow your food</a>, you won’t regret it. Get to a farmer’s market if you can’t grow your own, that is the next best thing! You might also get some local maple syrup or honey from the farmer’s market. I used maple syrup from my family’s <a href="https://readmedium.com/four-lessons-from-the-sugar-bush-eb7c0e0660fd">sugar bush</a> in Michigan.</p><p id="84f5">Thanks for reading! I hope everyone has the opportunity to grow some food to eat and to explore “recipes” that fit their “cooking” style. Find the awe in what nature provides.</p><p id="6c8d">Thanks to <a href="undefined">Dennett</a> for this prompt in Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature’s Bounty.</p><div id="0cea" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/natures-bounty-c4481deabb6e"> <div> <div> <h2>Nature’s Bounty</h2> <div><h3>Hello, Weeds & Wildflowers,</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*DhOS5SQMlFckGNKDa1n0PQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Grow ’em and eat ‘em

Photo, K.Barrett, author

Since the seed catalog arrived, I have been looking forward to this taste of summer. There was a time I worried the pests would not stop eating my veggies. I was afraid they had gotten the best of my summer bounty. Luckily my tomatoes made it! I won that battle.

I have to admit, all summer long I have been popping these tasty treats right in my mouth fresh from the vine and have not yet made anything with them. Recently my mom text on our family line asking for a tomatoes pie recipe. The text was for my sister. She lives in the Southern US and she got so many tomatoes she made tomato preserves and all kinds of tomato dishes.

I don’t have recipes. But I do make things. So, here is what I made with my tomatoes this weekend-Step by Step.

Step 1: Gather tomatoes in a bowl.

Photo, K.Barrett, author

Step 2: Slice tomatoes, orange pepper, red onion and combine with some canned black beans. Splash a few doses of apple cider vinegar, add a dash of salt and garlic powder, and a drizzle of maple syrup.

Photos, K.Barrett, author

Step 3: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients.

Step 4: If you find out you are having company, add broccoli and the rest of the can of beans. Also, splash, dash, and drizzle more of the seasonings.

Step 5: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients.

Step 6: If you find out you are having more company, add garbanzo beans, a sliced red pepper, and cubed cucumbers. Again, splash, dash, and drizzle more of the seasonings.

Step 5: Place the mix in the refrigerator, flipping or stirring a few times to make sure the seasoning covers all of the ingredients. Then, serve.

Variations: Add any other beans or veggies that you like. Some people may also like to add a bit of oil. It would also be a good idea to plan ahead better than I do and just make a lot to start with instead of having to add more and more to the mix!

Note: Homegrown tomatoes taste ten times better than store-bought. The bottom line — if you get your seeds and grow your food, you won’t regret it. Get to a farmer’s market if you can’t grow your own, that is the next best thing! You might also get some local maple syrup or honey from the farmer’s market. I used maple syrup from my family’s sugar bush in Michigan.

Thanks for reading! I hope everyone has the opportunity to grow some food to eat and to explore “recipes” that fit their “cooking” style. Find the awe in what nature provides.

Thanks to Dennett for this prompt in Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature’s Bounty.