#tomatoes!

[janaverse]

'unplanned birthday dinner'

okay, so i usually have my sims cook a few meals at a time, otherwise they end up grabbing things like a bowl of peas or cereal. i guess i forgot to have them cook, and naruto decided to do so on his own today - today, being sasuke's birthday, and look!! he is slicing tomatoes!

that is true love for you! <3

tbf, he could just be making that meal for himself - pretty likely actually, but i like to think he was cooking something special for his man!

[whenindoubt-turnleft]

IT IS PRIME VEG SEASON AT THE FARMERS MARKET AND I AM LOSING MY MIND RN.

[quicksilverbells]

[cozy-duckling]

i really wish i had a vegetable garden and a chicken coop

[cracked-egg]

Signing a lease tomorrow!!! Also the landlord said I could plant a garden. I'm about to go full organic lesbian on this shit

[professionallush]

The thing I’m most excited about after Donald Trump being impeached/dropping dead is summer produce :)

[thegardenofsurrender]

for all them cherry tomatoes:

tomato confit!

ingredients

2 lbs cherry or grape tomatoes or plum halved

1 to 1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil enough to cover

6 whole garlic cloves peeled

3 to 4 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary

1 bay leaf optional

1/2 tsp sea salt

pinch cracked black pepper optional

step one preparing the vessel

preheat oven to 250f

choose a shallow dish so tomatoes rest together

whisper into the oil calling patience sweetness soft unraveling

step two the submersion

arrange tomatoes in single layer

tuck garlic cloves and herbs between

pour olive oil to fully bathe

sprinkle salt and pepper like blessings

step three the slow transformation

bake uncovered 2 1/2 hours for soft bright

3 hours for silken almost jammy

3 1/2 hours for deep caramelized richness

signs of perfection skins wrinkle softly juice pearls form surrender with shape

step four the resting hour

remove from oven breathe in perfume cool in oil one hour

step five storing the treasure

store submerged in oil glass jar

refrigerate up to 2 weeks freeze up to 3 months

optional spell of brightness

add lemon peel star anise or red pepper flakes before sealing jar

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all hail the mothers of nightshade!