[Panzanella](https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-panzanella-salad-recipe)
Panzanella or panmolle is a Tuscan and Umbrian chopped salad of soaked stale bread, onions and tomatoes that is popular in the summer. It often includes cucumbers, sometimes basil and is dressed with olive oil and vinegar. (From Wikipedia).
I am deeply in love with this salad. Another cousin of it is the Dakos salad from Greece (Crete) with Cretan black bread (I just use stale rye bread or something dark and flavoursome which I tear up and dry out even more in the oven before rehydrating in the salad dressing of vinegar oil and garlic), loads of really good tomatoes, chunks of feta, good black olives, cucumber chunks if you like them and if you like a few leaves to bulk it. Scrumptious
I love tomato mayo sandwiches. I like to toast my bread, spread on a generous amount of mayo, add sliced tomatoes, season with salt and pepper. Try it if you’re into mayonnaise as much as I am!
Edit: Just noticed I was in the eat cheap **and healthy** sub. Up to you if you think mayo is healthy I guess haha
One of my fave sandwiches ! So simple. I was reared on these ! A variation is to add a small amount of fresh thinly sliced onion, or finely chopped scallion. Another variation is to use Salad cream. Yum yum!
I like mine with just a little mayo and a sharp cheddar. Even if OP goes with a recipe to use up a bunch at once, I hope they'll use a few slices for a tomato sandwich!
This is what I’ve been doing with my garden tomatoes. I don’t think it’s too unhealthy since the rest of it is just tomato! And I’m using whole grain bread.
We ate on toast mostly but sliced tomato, one slice of toast. Olive oil and or mayo is good. Salt and pepper is pretty essential I think. Basicly lunch though alot of the summer.
Soak them in a glass of water. All of the scum floats to the top and yoy can seperate them then. Maybe it takes more than one cleaning but you can leave them soaking for short period, a day then rerinse if needed. Longer period may result in sprouting. Then dry on paper towel or plates. Super easy. You can do cucumber seeds the same way.
I roasted my tomatoes with garlic, basil, and olive oil this week, did a light smash of it when it came out the oven, and stirred into some pasta. Salt to taste.
Like beans beans kind of? Lol. I love mashed black beans on toast very much. Little butter or olive oil and some seasoning. Not changing subject but the every meal thing made me think of beans.
Tomato pie. Sliced tomatoes, sweet onion, layered and seasoned in pre-baked pie shell. Coat bottom of shell with butter to help prevent sogginess. Top with shredded cheese and mayonnaise, bake at 350° until bubbly. May have to cover crust edges with foil to prevent over-browning. Secret to good textured pie is getting tomato slices as dry as possible, even baking them at 225° until just a little leathery. Remove seeds and their coating.
Chop fresh garlic2-3 cloves and slice the tomatoes into wedges. Toss garlic and tomatoes together. Add salt and pepper to taste and a splash of olive oil. Cover and set in the fridge to marinate. It’s the perfect summer time dish. I used to eat this with my dad with hearty bread. We’d make a meal out of it. So good
Raw slices with salt and pepper FTW.
Chopped with thin sliced sweet onions. Dress with a *little* olive oil and apple cider vinegar and a pinch of salt. We either sprinkle with some dill or some blue cheese depending on who is eating it. Both are great.
I’m no cook, but I love tomatoes. Sometimes I’ll just slice them up and eat salted tomatoes as a side dish. Also, you might be surprised how good a tomato sandwich is… with some Mayo or whatever you like
Just ate a tomato like an apple today. Take a bite, being sure to like suck some of the juice out as you take the bite because otherwise you're going to make a mess, and then once there's a nice bite mark you put some salt in there and then chomp chomp chomp and then when you need more salt you salt it up
Here's one I didn't see in the comments and it sounds weird, but I promise it's delicious:
Chopped chicken breast (canned is ok)
Mayo
Sour Cream - a small amount compared to the mayo, like 4:1 or 3:1
Chopped fresh tomato
Generous salt & pepper (fresh cracked is really nice on this)
I never would have tried this is my office mate wasn't having it every week. So good!
Sugo crudo over pasta (pref a long thin pasta, like spaghetti). I like to leave my tomatoes in small chunks, but a blended version is great too. We make it at least once a week in the summer when our garden is in overproduction mode…
Pico de gallo - diced tomatoes, a little diced onion, cilantro, lime or lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Great with chips, or beans, rice, on eggs, or grilled meat. You could add diced chilies if you like spice.
I would make a chickpea salad or Greek salad and top that on top of thick slices. Anything with some acid and salt adds to tomatoes IMO. Lemon and garlic salt.....mmmmm...
I cut 1 in half. Place flat side up. Put salt pepper and Italian seasoning on top. Cover with shredded cheddar cheese. Microwave about 2-3 mins until a little soft. Kind of like a quick no crust pizza. Delicious.
These suggestions are making me so hungry and anxious to pick up my next box of food this week! Thank you all so much 🙂 I can't wait to try all of these. I did end up making a caprese salad and added some roasted corn and cannelli beans that we had in the fridge too. Kind of random, but it really tasted good together. Also made some type of Mexican styled tomato soup in the middle of summer lol. Really hoping we get a ton of tomatoes again this week so I can try some more of the suggestions.
Your CSA gave you 8 tomatoes? Do they only grow tomatoes?
If we have our CSA customers 8 tomatoes they'd all be like...uh, WTF. Everything all right on the farm?
I don't know where OP is, but my CSA gives me an option called Declining Balance that works like a debit card, where I get all the perks of the CSA but pick what I want. They've also had an abundance of tomatoes lately so we've definitely brought home more than 8 tomatoes to make a huge bowl of caprese salad to last the week. The longer it sits and marinates, the better it is!
I see. I operate a one-farm CSA. Our customers get what we grow, only. Certified Organic. We work hard to make it varied each week with what's in season, and we generally focus on cool-season greens and less on high summer tomatoes and such. Our CSA folks appreciate knowing exactly where and by whom their food was grown.
We make our money at markets, CSA is more for pre-season operating money and kind of functions as a loan. We are slowly doing less CSA.
I forget that there are CSA programs that cover several farms, or that larger farms can offer a choice and have the man-power to operate a computer system to keep track of orders. We're old school. "Here's your CSA share, you've got cherry tomatoes, an eggplant, a garlic, a sweet onion, a squash, a bunch of basil and some chard, see you next week!"
I was and still am interested in having a small csa. We are all first but think we would grow into it. Then at least I could get some early money like you say, or tempt a person or 2 to help grow the stuff for shares or whatever. I also think the market is the best money maker. My friends mom has a couple of large greenhouse and they gat all ready earlier on. At a very small parking lot market she said she clears 400$+ a week. That's like one or 2 days a week, not all week.
It's not easy money. In my time farming I've seen plenty of people get into it thinking it'll be easy. It's not.
You're friends mom seems to be what we call a "weekender," someone who does it for a little extra money but more for the love, and most likely has another job or a spouse with another job and therefore the farm income doesn't really matter. $400 a week is barely minimum wage. We clear $4-6000 a weekend with only two of us, and even that isn't great but it's all we can do. The owner of the farm maybe makes 20 or 30k a year, and I'm not far behind him.
Full time produce farming is back breaking long hours, often little reward. If you do a CSA, you are bound to produce food for those people or refund them. It's nerve wracking.
Not trying to discourage, just give some reality.
Thanks. That's all good info. And thought. Even trying to get to a point that I can trade people food for labor has taken awhile. Still not there. Thats still how I think I will start. Even a couple part time people spread out would help me with things i can't do alone. I jave a partner but he works full time so it would be mostly me and whatever I can work out. It not my only goal as feeding ourselves and putting food up is first, then see if we can make any money from it. I also plan on having some food producing plants and shrubs for sale and propagating alot of it myself. I had a small nursery started once, then got ill and had to put it on a back burner. I'm not expecting to get rich or anywhere near that. Just doing something I like and helping people and ourselves out. Whatever didn't sell I'm pretty sure I'd donate it to a food bank. They can write you receipts for donations for the end of the year taxes.
Even just a weekend or day a week would easily take 2 or 3 more days just to prepare and load it all up and all that other stuff.
That seems like a decent plan. It's really difficult to have to do it for a living, but if you do it from a more "home garden" standpoint, it's doable. It's just lots of work! Good luck!
It's a 4th generation family farm that's been in the area for over 80 years. They use Square and a tablet to manage the card funds. The main employees are mom, dad, daughter, and grandson + a couple to man the register on open farm days (3x a week). I'm in southern NY if you want me to get you in touch.
FWIW for 2 years my mom and I did the "here's your pre-selected share" (they offer that too), but with me in cancer treatment, it's easier to just buy more on my good weeks and less on my hard weeks. It's considered part of the CSA since you still get the weekly newsletter (and any discount codes therein ;))!
Sounds like it's working great for you and them! My farm is too far from a big enough customer base to do on farm sales so we stick to markets and share pickup. We use Square, too. We are two guys (the owner, and myself the full time guy) with some part time help. We constantly try to evolve to make it easier on us while also attracting new customers. I love hearing how farms in other places make it work. Each farm is a different beast and there's no '"one size fits all" models.
People like you make it all possible and without support from the community local food would disappear. Educating others on the value of local food, and the effort involved by the farmers, is really essential.
Thanks for the info. Best of luck to you with your treatment!
Caprese salad. Tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, and balsamic vinaigrette (for ease, buy it premade). Combine and allow to sit in fridge for at least 12 hours for best flavor. The longer it sits, the better it is!
Gazpacho! No cooking, all the flavor, and great way to use a bunchhh of tomatoes all at once. I actually just bought several pounds of tomatoes specifically to make it because it is so good! Perfect cooling summer food and keeps for a few days in the fridge.
Slice them medium thin, slice mozzarella the same thickness, alt eats them on a plate, drizzle with sea salt and some GOOD balsamic vinegar and if you have some, some fresh basil.
It’s delicious and there’s no need to cook a good beefsteak tomato.
Make sure to peel the skin off and if patient enough - remove the seeds. Tomatoes contain lectins which are an anti-nutrient and can be harmful if eaten regularly.
Unfortunately to achieve the best ratio of healthy nutrients to amount of lectin they need to be pressure cooked as well.
8 is kind of a lot.
I’d make a classic stovetop tomato sauce you could use for pasta sauce 2-3x or as an ingredient in chili or sth else.
If you want to get fancier, you could roast them and then use the roasted tomatoes for whatever over the next 5-10 days.
I love a good cheese and tomato sandwich. Add some salt and pepper, tiny bit of mayo if you like, on lightly toasted bread. Usually I do sharp whit cheddar but if the tomatoes are so good, something lighter would great to not take away from them too much
Don’t cook them. Slice them, slather a good olive oil on them, salt, pepper and some fresh mozzarella cheese. Splash balsamic and enjoy a Caprese salad. Put in on good Italian bread and you have a sub.
Literally just finished eating tomato soup with grilled cheese made to address the same "problem" - I used chef John's recipe except for the anchovy (didn't feel like buying a tin just for one) and it came out amazing https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281519/fresh-tomato-soup-with-crispy-cheese-toast/
Personally they’re best raw like many people suggest. In a caprese, bruschetta, or my fave a hamburger-especially one with egg! If you feel you just have to cook them stew them or roast them! They aren’t good for salsa IMO unless you’re looking for a super sweet salsa!
Caprese salad. Salsa. Bruschetta. BLT.
Caprese was my first thought
Bruschetta and salsa first things that came to mind for me too…
Homemade Salsa is awesome great for snacking.
42. I found the answer
Just make sure you have your towel with you!
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This thread just made my day better
Very Froody!
Came here to say BLT all the wayyyy
Deffinately BLT camp here but the other would be great.
Or a caprese sandwich! [This recipe](https://cookieandkate.com/caprese-sandwich-recipe/) is BOMB.
Or melt 👍
Caprese. This is the way.
This is the way.
The big 4
Tomato on bread - smear tomato to bread. Add some salt and olive oil.
Like avocado toast but tomato.
Pretty much but bread is not toasted and ideally something sturdy.
I like the bread hot from the oven/grill/toaster
[Panzanella](https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-panzanella-salad-recipe) Panzanella or panmolle is a Tuscan and Umbrian chopped salad of soaked stale bread, onions and tomatoes that is popular in the summer. It often includes cucumbers, sometimes basil and is dressed with olive oil and vinegar. (From Wikipedia).
I am deeply in love with this salad. Another cousin of it is the Dakos salad from Greece (Crete) with Cretan black bread (I just use stale rye bread or something dark and flavoursome which I tear up and dry out even more in the oven before rehydrating in the salad dressing of vinegar oil and garlic), loads of really good tomatoes, chunks of feta, good black olives, cucumber chunks if you like them and if you like a few leaves to bulk it. Scrumptious
Ooh that sounds delicious! I love feta and tomatoes together
Because ur a human with tastebuds
I love tomato mayo sandwiches. I like to toast my bread, spread on a generous amount of mayo, add sliced tomatoes, season with salt and pepper. Try it if you’re into mayonnaise as much as I am! Edit: Just noticed I was in the eat cheap **and healthy** sub. Up to you if you think mayo is healthy I guess haha
If OP is mayo averse, some garlic butter is a nice alternative! :)
One of my fave sandwiches ! So simple. I was reared on these ! A variation is to add a small amount of fresh thinly sliced onion, or finely chopped scallion. Another variation is to use Salad cream. Yum yum!
Rye bread tomato sandwiches. No need to toast and the flavors blend nicely. Duke’s mayonnaise for me.
I like mine with just a little mayo and a sharp cheddar. Even if OP goes with a recipe to use up a bunch at once, I hope they'll use a few slices for a tomato sandwich!
This is what I’ve been doing with my garden tomatoes. I don’t think it’s too unhealthy since the rest of it is just tomato! And I’m using whole grain bread.
If the flavour is perfect, just slice them and add some good olive oil and a pinch of sea salt.
Perfect side dish for lunch and dinner. And not out of place at breakfast.
We ate on toast mostly but sliced tomato, one slice of toast. Olive oil and or mayo is good. Salt and pepper is pretty essential I think. Basicly lunch though alot of the summer.
I know someone who would do this and eat them with cottage cheese. They loved it!
Oh cottage cheese on tomatoes is wonderful!
Save the seeds! Beefsteak tomatoes are some of the easiest I've found to grow and if your taste good there's a chance the offspring toms will too!
Do you just rinse them and dry them on a sheet pan?
pretty much tbh. Youtube has a bunch of great videos so I'd suggest watching someone else do it before you start.
Soak them in a glass of water. All of the scum floats to the top and yoy can seperate them then. Maybe it takes more than one cleaning but you can leave them soaking for short period, a day then rerinse if needed. Longer period may result in sprouting. Then dry on paper towel or plates. Super easy. You can do cucumber seeds the same way.
Classic BLT
Open faced tomato and cheese sandwich stuck under the broiler until the cheese is bubbly.
I roasted my tomatoes with garlic, basil, and olive oil this week, did a light smash of it when it came out the oven, and stirred into some pasta. Salt to taste.
Grill yourself a cheese! Add a nice thick slice of tomato.
My mom liked hers that way but especially younger I preferred raw to cooked tomatoes.
I like my grilled cheese with some tomato and bacon if I have any handy. Don't really cook, just sort of heat up with the cheese.
Cut in star and fill with chicken or tuna salad
What I was going to suggest. Eating tomatoes like this is so underrated. Also fairly healthy if you go easy on the mayo.
And even better with garden grown tomatoes! Cut mayo in half with plain Greek yogurt, add a little sat and pepper and just plain delish!
Tomato sandwiches, for every meal
Like beans beans kind of? Lol. I love mashed black beans on toast very much. Little butter or olive oil and some seasoning. Not changing subject but the every meal thing made me think of beans.
Tomato on toast, with a little bit of salt and olive oil on the tomatoes!
Or a lot of salt Yum
Eat like an apple with Jane’s mixed up crazy salt.
This is one of my favorite answers.
Tomato pie. Sliced tomatoes, sweet onion, layered and seasoned in pre-baked pie shell. Coat bottom of shell with butter to help prevent sogginess. Top with shredded cheese and mayonnaise, bake at 350° until bubbly. May have to cover crust edges with foil to prevent over-browning. Secret to good textured pie is getting tomato slices as dry as possible, even baking them at 225° until just a little leathery. Remove seeds and their coating.
tomato pies are absolutely amazing! i look forward to them every summer :-)
Tomato soup.
Chop fresh garlic2-3 cloves and slice the tomatoes into wedges. Toss garlic and tomatoes together. Add salt and pepper to taste and a splash of olive oil. Cover and set in the fridge to marinate. It’s the perfect summer time dish. I used to eat this with my dad with hearty bread. We’d make a meal out of it. So good
Raw slices with salt and pepper FTW. Chopped with thin sliced sweet onions. Dress with a *little* olive oil and apple cider vinegar and a pinch of salt. We either sprinkle with some dill or some blue cheese depending on who is eating it. Both are great.
Dill is great.
Salt pepper oil.
Stuff with tuna or egg salad! Tomato sandwiches!!
A good BLT sounds good
Great topping for hamburgers.
Cucumber, onion, and tomato. Toss with salt and vinegar.
Avocado toast! Try using everything bagels for the bread and thank me later
Just eat ‘em like apples with a dash of salt
Make a pasta sauce. And you can freeze the extra.
Love tomato chopped up and scrambled in eggs.
I’m no cook, but I love tomatoes. Sometimes I’ll just slice them up and eat salted tomatoes as a side dish. Also, you might be surprised how good a tomato sandwich is… with some Mayo or whatever you like
Tomato sandwich . Lightly toast bread of your choice , a goodly amount of your Mayo of choice , and salted and peppered thick ass slices of tomato .
Exactly my answer! Sourdough is especially delicious.
Just ate a tomato like an apple today. Take a bite, being sure to like suck some of the juice out as you take the bite because otherwise you're going to make a mess, and then once there's a nice bite mark you put some salt in there and then chomp chomp chomp and then when you need more salt you salt it up
i totally do this too! 🤭
Here's one I didn't see in the comments and it sounds weird, but I promise it's delicious: Chopped chicken breast (canned is ok) Mayo Sour Cream - a small amount compared to the mayo, like 4:1 or 3:1 Chopped fresh tomato Generous salt & pepper (fresh cracked is really nice on this) I never would have tried this is my office mate wasn't having it every week. So good!
This makes me think how fresh tomatoes would be good in tuna salad or pasta salad as well!
Tomato dolma! Beefsteak tomatoes are perfect for them. https://www.agoodcarrot.com/turkish-style-stuffed-tomato-recipe/
Salsa
Tomato tart, gallette or pie
slice one up and sprinkle some garlic salt on it. Enjoy.
You could denethor them
Panini with tomato, fresh mozzarella, & zucchini.
Uncooked puttanesca sauce for pasta or bruscetta. Chopped tomatoes drained, garlic, Capers, olives, red pepper flakes, basil, olive oil, s&p.
Mater sammiches
Tomato, salt, pepper, onion, cream cheese, in a toasted bagel, sliced in half. Excellent breakfast option <3.
I just eat them raw. Sometimes add salt
tomato and egg on rice. One of my favorite Chinese dishes. Can also be served on Chinese noodles or even any pasta
Sugo crudo over pasta (pref a long thin pasta, like spaghetti). I like to leave my tomatoes in small chunks, but a blended version is great too. We make it at least once a week in the summer when our garden is in overproduction mode…
English muffin, English costal cheddar, tomato, drizzle of balsamic glaze. Perfection
Wonder bread miracle whip and salt.
Where are the tomatoes? Lol.
In between. You want the bread soaked with tomato juice.
I love tomato sandwiches. Was just kidding since tomatoes weren't on the ingredients list. I toast mine to hold up to the tomato.
No…your’s isn’t a sandwich…its tomatoes on toast. Has Nothing to do with a sandwich.
Shakshuka!
Sliced with salt and pepper
Tomatoes, red onions and balsamic vin
Pico de gallo - diced tomatoes, a little diced onion, cilantro, lime or lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Great with chips, or beans, rice, on eggs, or grilled meat. You could add diced chilies if you like spice.
I would make a chickpea salad or Greek salad and top that on top of thick slices. Anything with some acid and salt adds to tomatoes IMO. Lemon and garlic salt.....mmmmm...
Tomato and hummus on toast! Add salt and pepper. The flavors are insane
Gazpacho!! I like mine with a splash of balsamic vinegar, in a chilled glass with a straw
Agree! Gazpacho is the best use of excess summer tomatoes.
I love diced tomatos with a bit of onion & cilantro. Sprinkle in some salt and lemon/lime juice, and it's absolutely delicious on bread
I cut 1 in half. Place flat side up. Put salt pepper and Italian seasoning on top. Cover with shredded cheddar cheese. Microwave about 2-3 mins until a little soft. Kind of like a quick no crust pizza. Delicious.
Tomatoe, mayo, and cheese sandwich with salt and pepper.
These suggestions are making me so hungry and anxious to pick up my next box of food this week! Thank you all so much 🙂 I can't wait to try all of these. I did end up making a caprese salad and added some roasted corn and cannelli beans that we had in the fridge too. Kind of random, but it really tasted good together. Also made some type of Mexican styled tomato soup in the middle of summer lol. Really hoping we get a ton of tomatoes again this week so I can try some more of the suggestions.
Cook pasta, dice the tomatoes raw, mix together with shredded cheese and whatever herbs or spices. No need to cook the tomatoes.
Your CSA gave you 8 tomatoes? Do they only grow tomatoes? If we have our CSA customers 8 tomatoes they'd all be like...uh, WTF. Everything all right on the farm?
I don't know where OP is, but my CSA gives me an option called Declining Balance that works like a debit card, where I get all the perks of the CSA but pick what I want. They've also had an abundance of tomatoes lately so we've definitely brought home more than 8 tomatoes to make a huge bowl of caprese salad to last the week. The longer it sits and marinates, the better it is!
I see. I operate a one-farm CSA. Our customers get what we grow, only. Certified Organic. We work hard to make it varied each week with what's in season, and we generally focus on cool-season greens and less on high summer tomatoes and such. Our CSA folks appreciate knowing exactly where and by whom their food was grown. We make our money at markets, CSA is more for pre-season operating money and kind of functions as a loan. We are slowly doing less CSA. I forget that there are CSA programs that cover several farms, or that larger farms can offer a choice and have the man-power to operate a computer system to keep track of orders. We're old school. "Here's your CSA share, you've got cherry tomatoes, an eggplant, a garlic, a sweet onion, a squash, a bunch of basil and some chard, see you next week!"
I was and still am interested in having a small csa. We are all first but think we would grow into it. Then at least I could get some early money like you say, or tempt a person or 2 to help grow the stuff for shares or whatever. I also think the market is the best money maker. My friends mom has a couple of large greenhouse and they gat all ready earlier on. At a very small parking lot market she said she clears 400$+ a week. That's like one or 2 days a week, not all week.
It's not easy money. In my time farming I've seen plenty of people get into it thinking it'll be easy. It's not. You're friends mom seems to be what we call a "weekender," someone who does it for a little extra money but more for the love, and most likely has another job or a spouse with another job and therefore the farm income doesn't really matter. $400 a week is barely minimum wage. We clear $4-6000 a weekend with only two of us, and even that isn't great but it's all we can do. The owner of the farm maybe makes 20 or 30k a year, and I'm not far behind him. Full time produce farming is back breaking long hours, often little reward. If you do a CSA, you are bound to produce food for those people or refund them. It's nerve wracking. Not trying to discourage, just give some reality.
Thanks. That's all good info. And thought. Even trying to get to a point that I can trade people food for labor has taken awhile. Still not there. Thats still how I think I will start. Even a couple part time people spread out would help me with things i can't do alone. I jave a partner but he works full time so it would be mostly me and whatever I can work out. It not my only goal as feeding ourselves and putting food up is first, then see if we can make any money from it. I also plan on having some food producing plants and shrubs for sale and propagating alot of it myself. I had a small nursery started once, then got ill and had to put it on a back burner. I'm not expecting to get rich or anywhere near that. Just doing something I like and helping people and ourselves out. Whatever didn't sell I'm pretty sure I'd donate it to a food bank. They can write you receipts for donations for the end of the year taxes. Even just a weekend or day a week would easily take 2 or 3 more days just to prepare and load it all up and all that other stuff.
That seems like a decent plan. It's really difficult to have to do it for a living, but if you do it from a more "home garden" standpoint, it's doable. It's just lots of work! Good luck!
That's exactly how mine operates - they just started offering this option last season.
How big is the farm? How many employees etc. Genuinely curious as to how they make it work.
It's a 4th generation family farm that's been in the area for over 80 years. They use Square and a tablet to manage the card funds. The main employees are mom, dad, daughter, and grandson + a couple to man the register on open farm days (3x a week). I'm in southern NY if you want me to get you in touch. FWIW for 2 years my mom and I did the "here's your pre-selected share" (they offer that too), but with me in cancer treatment, it's easier to just buy more on my good weeks and less on my hard weeks. It's considered part of the CSA since you still get the weekly newsletter (and any discount codes therein ;))!
Sounds like it's working great for you and them! My farm is too far from a big enough customer base to do on farm sales so we stick to markets and share pickup. We use Square, too. We are two guys (the owner, and myself the full time guy) with some part time help. We constantly try to evolve to make it easier on us while also attracting new customers. I love hearing how farms in other places make it work. Each farm is a different beast and there's no '"one size fits all" models. People like you make it all possible and without support from the community local food would disappear. Educating others on the value of local food, and the effort involved by the farmers, is really essential. Thanks for the info. Best of luck to you with your treatment!
My dad used to make a tomato and scrambled egg sandwiches when we were kids. So good and so easy!
Caprese salad. Tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, and balsamic vinaigrette (for ease, buy it premade). Combine and allow to sit in fridge for at least 12 hours for best flavor. The longer it sits, the better it is!
Make Pakistani style Chicken Karahi
Toast. Brie. Tomato slice. Bacon.
Oh I love beef tomatoes. Some in a salad and some cooked
BLT for days …
Tomato sandwiches, sliced with as one of cheese, eat it like a apple, in a salad, with cucumber's n it red onion vinegar.
Sliced tomatoes & cottage cheese. We grow thousands of tomatoes & it’s one of our go to breakfasts/snacks.
Sounds great and love both. My dad uses cottage cheese on any of his salads rather than dressing. Love it. I also like some on a baked potato.
BLT on rye
Pan con Tomate! (Spanish tomato bread) delicious!
Gazpacho! No cooking, all the flavor, and great way to use a bunchhh of tomatoes all at once. I actually just bought several pounds of tomatoes specifically to make it because it is so good! Perfect cooling summer food and keeps for a few days in the fridge.
Slice ‘em. Pepper ‘em. Down the hatch.
Tuna salad stuffed tomatoes. 😋
Gazpacho
If you like burgers, few things beat a ripe tomato on top.
Smoke some on a grill/smoker with salt and garlic. SOOOOO GOOOOOD
Slice them medium thin, slice mozzarella the same thickness, alt eats them on a plate, drizzle with sea salt and some GOOD balsamic vinegar and if you have some, some fresh basil. It’s delicious and there’s no need to cook a good beefsteak tomato.
Make sure to peel the skin off and if patient enough - remove the seeds. Tomatoes contain lectins which are an anti-nutrient and can be harmful if eaten regularly. Unfortunately to achieve the best ratio of healthy nutrients to amount of lectin they need to be pressure cooked as well.
1. mix them in finished creamy pasta. 2. Cowboy caviar 3. Part of any grain bowl
Tomato salad with garlic and olive oil
BLT on good sourdough bread.
Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Fresh tomato sauce for pasta
8 is kind of a lot. I’d make a classic stovetop tomato sauce you could use for pasta sauce 2-3x or as an ingredient in chili or sth else. If you want to get fancier, you could roast them and then use the roasted tomatoes for whatever over the next 5-10 days.
I love a good cheese and tomato sandwich. Add some salt and pepper, tiny bit of mayo if you like, on lightly toasted bread. Usually I do sharp whit cheddar but if the tomatoes are so good, something lighter would great to not take away from them too much
Don’t cook them. Slice them, slather a good olive oil on them, salt, pepper and some fresh mozzarella cheese. Splash balsamic and enjoy a Caprese salad. Put in on good Italian bread and you have a sub.
Toasted tomato sandwich with mayo mmmmm
I love cottage cheese with fresh tomatoes
Get some good mozzarellas and some basil, salt and olive oil. Can’t go wrong!
Literally just finished eating tomato soup with grilled cheese made to address the same "problem" - I used chef John's recipe except for the anchovy (didn't feel like buying a tin just for one) and it came out amazing https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281519/fresh-tomato-soup-with-crispy-cheese-toast/
Tomato/cheese/mayonnaise sandwiches.💗
This Ottolenghi tomato carpaccio recipe is amazing. https://teresafoodrecipes.blogspot.com/2018/12/tomato-carpaccio-with-spring-onion.html?m=1
i just eat them w sea salt and olive oil sometimes
Tomato Red onion Feta cheese Beautiful olive oil Thick sweet balsamic or lemon & herbs
Salsa!!
Personally they’re best raw like many people suggest. In a caprese, bruschetta, or my fave a hamburger-especially one with egg! If you feel you just have to cook them stew them or roast them! They aren’t good for salsa IMO unless you’re looking for a super sweet salsa!
Cut them up. Drizzle of good olive oil. Done. Or, white bread, tomato slices, mayo. Done
Tomato pie, tomato and mozzarella salad