Seasonal List of Produce

Heirloom Tomatoes

Description
The flavor of a fresh, vine-ripened tomato speaks for itself! Cherry, salad, sauce and heirloom are some of the tomato varieties grown for their flavor and nutritional qualities, rather than their transport marketability (which tends to favor tough skins and slow ripening).

Preparation
Where to begin: eat them plain like an apple or sprinkled with salt; sliced raw with basil and olive oil; pan fried with a little cheese on top; diced and mixed with cilantro, onion, and lime for salsa; cut into chunks or blended into puree for soups and stews. But while tomatoes abound in the summer months, they’ll be long gone by fall. To keep them around longer, plain tomatoes, salsa, sauce and puree can be frozen or canned.