Cherry Tomatoes

I grew up hating tomatoes and still hate ketchup, but recently I've become obsessed with finding dishes to use cherry tomatoes. Here are some previous creations and ideas for the cherry tomato lover in you.

Balsamic Marinated seen with potato salad and garlic green beans

Caprese (mini mozzarella balls, balsamic drizzle, and dried basil) seen with tuna corn salad

Sunburst orange tomatoes with shredded cheese seen with salmon croquettes and salad

Artichoke Tomato Mozzarella Pizza

Avocado Tomato Pizza

See Matt, I do eat tomatoes now.

I think the recipes here are pretty self-explanatory.

Some cooking tips:

• Pizza is an extremely cheap and easy meal to make. Buy the 50 cents pizza dough packets at Walmart (they are kinda hard to find and may require digging) that you just add water.
• There are a bazillion ways to make pizza. I use whatever is in the fridge, in these two cases avocado and artichoke were the lucky victims.
• Balsamic makes everything taste so much better. Just soak tomatoes in about 3 tablespoons vinegar for a few hours or overnight, serve chilled or bake for 20 minutes on 375 degrees.
• You'd be amazed what I've learned can come from tuna and salmon cans: croquettes, burgers, rangoons, melts, tunacakes, pizza topping, salad topping, and so on. At about $1 a can for albacore, it's worth the splurge.  For making croquettes (my favorite of the bunch), just think meatloaf. Add whatever you have in the fridge (like soy sauce, an egg, any other sauces, ranch, bbq, spices, etc.), mix up in a bowl, form logs/cakes/burgers, roll in breadcrumbs, and lightly fry in a skillet.