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anyway. we have this awesome farmer's market in the town where we live. it's actually right down the street from our house... we could walk to it! nick&i have been wanting to go alllllll summer (one of the things on our summer "to do" list!). this past saturday it was raining and just blahhhh-like but we loaded up the girls and our trusty double stroller and headed that way.
i should just say that markets are one of my favorite things.
we bought some zucchini and summer squash, tomatoes, onion, fresh basil and farm fresh eggs. i knew just what i wanted to make with our new produce. on the menu for this week: quiche (with our farm eggs), garden cheese pizza (with the zucchini, onion and tomatoes) and (thus the title of this post)... bruschetta.
i got to hang with some of my bff's this last week and my friend, kellie, made super yummy bruschetta. it's one of my fav things but for some reason i've always been a bit intimidated to make it. weird, i know. well chatting with my girlfriends after all our kiddos were in bed over lemon basil gimlets and delicious bruschetta was enough to inspire me. here is my take on this italian classic.
oh so good.
delish bruschetta
* 2 large tomatoes, diced
* 1/2 onion, chopped
* 2 T. fresh chopped basil
* 2 T. olive oil
* 2 t. balsamic vinegar (add more/less, according to your taste)
* 2 garlic cloves, minced
* 1/4 t. salt
* 1/8 t. pepper
* 1 french bread baguette
* 1 ball of fresh mozzarella, sliced thinly
- combine first 8 ingredients in a small mixing bowl.
- slice baguette at an angle into several slices. place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees, until golden brown.
- top each slice with a spoonful of tomato mixture. place a slice of mozzarella ontop of each, and broil until cheese is melted.
{disclaimer:} you won't want to stop eating these little slices of heaven. there you go. consider yourself warned.
the perfect at-home-with-a-glass-of-wine-date-food. a light summer dinner. i need to make some more asap.
those look delish! :) we do a variation on the theme. small baguette sliced breads, toasted in oven with olive oil. then topped with halved cherry tomatoes, torn basil, fresh mozzarella, sprinkle of sea salt, drizzled with balsamic vinagrette and olive oil, just a tad bit of cracked black pepper. and yes it's a meal in itself! now i'm hungry
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