Traditional Salsa Day. . . .

The salsa verde was so good, the hubbs decided to try his traditional salsa by roasting the tomatoes rather than boiling them.  I think it will give a good roasted flavor to the salsa.   The hubbs is roasting his tomatoes now along with his jalapenos, garlic, and onion.   This is going to give his salsa a different flavor from previous batches.  This is in process so I will have to share how this one turns out later. 
We are prepping to go to orientation later this month so, I am having to get paperwork all ready for physicals, immunization proof, and insurance proof.  This is an exhausting process!!!
Sprat is going to get to meet his new coach and see some of his teammates that he has not seen since May.  He had been hanging out with them before he came home for the Summer. 
The first day of orientation is a FULL day of meetings and information, I hope he is ready for this transition.  Stay tuned for this later in the month. . .

Finished Salsa Verde  

Roasting tomatoes, jalapenos, and garlic  

First batch of tomatoes roasted and cooling.

We have some cantaloupe and honey dew melon growing, no fruit just yet but the plants are big and beautiful. 

Stay tuned for more garden fun and a round up on what we learned from our garden this year. We have decided we will definitely have a Fall garden.

Let's Talk Tomatoes. . .

Do you love tomato sandwiches?   I love them and I eat them in a variety of ways.  There is your traditional tomato sandwich; bread, mayo, and tomato.  Very simple but oh so good.  My favorite is a variation on the traditional; bread, cream cheese, tomato, onion, and cucumber all sliced thin.  You can use either white bread plain or toasted.  My hubby brought home some pumpernickel, that with the cream cheese was wonderful.  My mom used to make little tea sandwiches and she would use the dark pumpernickel and rye bread.   She would use these for little get togethers with her friends and for baby and bridal showers.  She makes an amazing vegetable spread too, this does not have tomatoes but it is still worth mentioning since it does have onion and cucumber.
Vegetable spread:
2 carrots grated
2 cucumber peeled and grated
1 onion grated
squeeze the water out of each of these, then cream together with a block of cream cheese.   Add a dash of lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce and a little garlic powder.  Chill at least two hours, serve with crackers or as tea sandwiches.  One of my all time favorites.