A Tasty Crop of Heirloom Tomatoes

This year we decided to try planting some heirloom tomatoes. I usually plant the basic beefsteak and cherry tomatoes so a change was welcome. We ended up with some really tasty large red tomatoes and also hundreds (yes, I'm not exaggerating!) of little year pear shaped tomatoes. They are sweet and far less acidic that regular tomatoes. If only I could get the boys to enjoy tomatoes...one day maybe.

Here's an easy appetizer I made with the yellow tomatoes.

* Roll out some puff pastry and cut it into 2" by 2" squares, spread some pesto or tapenade on each piece of pastry, and top it with a cut tomato and a splash of olive oil. 

* Then pop them in the oven on a baking tray at about 450 degrees for about 15 minutes.

They are delicious!

Easter Nest Chocolate Treats

This past weekend I made some chocolate Easter nests for the children and a few of their friends. I know it was a week before Easter but they're such fun to make and to eat too!

They're very easy. You melt the milk chocolate with a little butter and then mix the melted chocolate with cornflakes. Then use the mixture to make little nests (on wax paper so they come off easily). Lastly, pop a few little chocolate Easter eggs in the nests. Leave them for a couple of hours so the chocolate hardens. Voila! You have some yummy Easter treats!

Thai Mango Salad & Don't Forget To Enter My Giveaway!

I decided to cook Thai food tonight. We have Thai mango salad and pad thai! Here's the recipe for the mango salad. It's yummy!

Thai Mango Salad Recipe