It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. The weather has been relentlessly hot and dry here lately, and the vegetables are suffering as a result. I did manage to bring in a decent amount of tomatoes last week, though small compared to the number of plants I have set out. I also got another picking of hot peppers, and I will start a batch of hot sauce with these. I’ve only been harvesting every two or three days, and doing that early in the morning before it heats up outside.
August harvest
I’ve been growing the Benevento tomato for several years now, and it is a favorite for flavor even if it is sometimes a shy producer. I used it for a BLAT (bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato) sandwich I had for lunch one day last week.
Benevento tomato
BLAT sandwich
Other harvests last week brought in a few eggplants and cucumbers, plus more of the Queen Bee and Honey Bee tomatoes.
eggplant and Bee tomatoes
We had lunch one day of eggplant sandwiches made with the roasted eggplant, plus both Bee tomatoes and pickled cucumbers. I am enjoying both the Queen Bee and Honey Bee tomatoes, and they have been appearing on my plate often!
roasted eggplant sandwich with tomatoes
I also brought in a few paste tomatoes last week. I used these and whatever other tomatoes I had on hand to make a batch of unseasoned tomato sauce. I just throw them all the in the blender and blend until smooth, then cook down to the desired thickness. I got four pints out of this batch.
paste tomatoes
tomato sauce cooking down
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to share, add your name and blog link to Mr Linky below. And please check out what everyone is harvesting!
Haha, BLAT. That’s funny. I like avocado all right, but when it comes to BLTs I’m more of a purist. When you say you just “throw” tomatoes into the blender, do you mean without skinning or seeding them?
I core any that have them, then they go in seeds and all! After cooking down, I stick an immersion blender in the pot to get a smoother sauce.
The BLAT is a substantial sandwich
It was filling for sure!