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Goat Cheese Tomato Toast

August 16, 2017 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

This is one of those magical “non-recipes, recipes.”  Goat cheese tomato toast sounds so simple, but when you use fresh summer tomatoes and good bread, this is something you’ll end up dreaming about.  I used heirloom tomatoes, which I think have a deeper, more complex flavor, but fresh on-the vine tomatoes would work great as well.  The sweetness of the tomatoes, creaminess of the goat cheese, crunchy-ness of the toast, all topped with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper make the perfect combination.

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Breakfast, Main, Side, Vegetarian Tagged With: bread, goat cheese, heirloom tomato, olive oil, sea salt, The Thompson Kitchen, toast, Tomato

Garlic Scape Butter

August 11, 2017 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

Have you ever had a garlic scape?  The first time I ever saw them was at a farmers market a few years ago.  The women who sold them to me said they were kind of like a cross between garlic and green onions.  Now this is something I can get behind!  I bought them, but then was at at loss of what to make, so I gave them to Rich’s aunt.  She was familiar with garlic scapes and said she fried potatoes on the stove with them.  Genius!

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Filed Under: Main, Side, Vegetarian Tagged With: bread, butter, farmers market, garlic, garlic scape, sea salt, toast

Garlic Greens on Toast

July 10, 2017 by Gretchen Blazer Thompson

We’re in the height of chard season, and I love it!  I don’t care if its rainbow or swiss, I’ll eat it all.  Admittedly, chard used to intimidate me.  What do you do with it?  Surely you don’t eat it like you would spinach in a salad…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Main, Side, Vegetarian Tagged With: chard, farmers market, garlic, greens, red pepper flakes, toast

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