Caramelized Summer Tomato Tarte Tatin
With summer coming to an end (believe it or not) most of Virginia still has a an abundance of tomatoes at your fingertips. Take those orange, red and yellow cherries and grapes and invite them over for a delicious tomato tarte tatin. A dish so full of flavor and texture that you might just want to save it for dessert.
Caramelized Summer Tomato Tarte Tatin
With summer coming to an end (believe it or not) most of Virginia still has a an abundance of tomatoes at your fingertips. Take those orange, red and yellow cherries and grapes and invite them over for a delicious tomato tarte tatin. A dish so full of flavor and texture that you might just want to save it for dessert.
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Summer Time Avocado Soup
Although the summer is coming to a close, cold soup is still a refreshing choice in August. Check out this delicious Avocado Soup Recipe.
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Marinated Tofu Sandwich With Asian Greens
One local product that Virginia is lucky enough to have year-round is the delicious USDA certified organic tofu from Twin Oaks Community in Louisa County. Thus we’ve decided to take advantage of the tofu and the wonderful heirloom tomatoes that are in abundance right now and make a delicious summertime sandwich.
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The Tomatoes Keep Coming!
Our friends over at Plantation Woods just brought over a large shipment of locally-grown tomatoes including these big, yellow Brandywines!
Our Favorite Summer Wines
Summer can mean so many things, but for us we tend to focus it around food and friends! Porch chillers, grilling in the back yard, fresh seafood, the smell of grass, buckets of ice and young, light and crisp summer wines that go down smooth with every sip. We’ve gathered round the table and selected our favorite wines for the summer at prices that are easy to swallow.
Fresh Pasta Sauce
Perfect for this summer season – a fresh, cold pasta sauce! Quick and easy to make, simply chop the ingredients above and then toss into cold pasta – and you’ve got dinner! For an exact replica of the pictures above, try using local Amy’s Garden cherry tomatoes. They add a pop of color and a delicious, bright flavor.
Local Basil Lemonade
What could be more thirst quenching on a hot summer day than a mason jar full of homemade lemonade filled with ice? There’s just something about the taste of lemonade that lets our body and mind know that it’s summer. Something about the sweat dripping off the cold class and the smell of sweet lemons that naturally refreshes us.
With the abundance of local basil in Virginia right now, especially the harvest from Victory Farms, mix up your traditional lemonade recipe with some fresh basil leaves for a taste that will soon make it’s home on your palate.
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Just In: Late Season Local Watermelons
We just got in a pallet of Shenandoah Valley local watermelons! If you think that this late in the season the melons aren’t going to have the deliciously sweet flavor, you’re wrong! Talk about NO sugar loss at all here, these things are like candy! Best part about it, they’re on sale right now for just $1.99/ea! You heard it right, $2 for a huge watermelon, full of flavor! Summertime just got extended!
GWAR-B-QUE Photos!
We just found some awesome photos from this weekend’s GWAR-B-QUE down at the Bike Lot from our buddy Steve Crandall over at The Least Most. GWAR was fully un-masked along with a miniature Ozzy Osborune, 10 bands, cold brew and tons of good times! Pictures By Evan Venditti, Steve Crandall and Latane Coghill. Thanks guys! Read the rest of this post »