Summer meals often include tomatoes and this made a wonderful first course for a summer dinner.
Not one but four different kind of heirloom tomatoes (including one from Linderhof's garden) quartered and arranged on a plate.
Topped not with oil and balsamic vinegar but rather a basil mayonnaise. And finished with salt and lots of pepper. It's an easy to make dressing -- boughten mayonnaise with a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper and LOTS of chopped basil. Letting it sit for a while makes it even better for the basil then really infuses the mayonnaise.
The three colors of tomatoes on a blue and white plate, garnished with green basil made for a pretty dish. It was tasty as well and the thing we hate about fall coming is that tomatoes will soon be but a memory.
Summer meals often include tomatoes and this made a wonderful first course for a summer dinner. 
Not one but four different kind of heirloom tomatoes (including one from Linderhof's garden) quartered and arranged on a plate.
Topped not with oil and balsamic vinegar but rather a basil mayonnaise. And finished with salt and lots of pepper. It's an easy to make dressing -- boughten mayonnaise with a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper and LOTS of chopped basil. Letting it sit for a while makes it even better for the basil then really infuses the mayonnaise.
The three colors of tomatoes on a blue and white plate, garnished with green basil made for a pretty dish. It was tasty as well and the thing we hate about fall coming is that tomatoes will soon be but a memory.
8 comments:
Looks so yummy!...Christine
Mmm looks wonderful. We're growing a few heirloom varieties.
Thanks for the tip on the mayonnaise.
Thanks for stopping by The Old Parsonage, come back anytime.
Enjoy!
Leann
Thanks for stopping on Pink Saturday Martha. What a lovely house you have - and those 'brick' cookies and the interesting story was fun to read.
Your salad looks tasty - I'm off to buy some more farm fresh tomatoes right now!
Happy weekend.
Mary - ACROSS THE POND
Love the idea of Basil Mayonaise. I surely have to try that since I have lots of basil. Walter will be so pleased because he LOVES tomatoes.
Carolyn
I've got lots of tomatoes in the garden. Today, I did a little canning. Maybe more soon.
The basil mayonnaise looks good. I'll give that a try.
This looks wonderful - I have the basil in my little herb garden - will try!
Does that ever look good...you always come up with the most creative ideas! I love basil and happen to have some growing outside and a fresh lemon in the fridge. Looks like we have a nice side for tonight's dinner.
I'm curious where you had the special stamp made for your cookies?
Smiles,
Nancy
Yum! That looks so good, and I have a lot of basil this year!!
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