I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again….sometimes the best recipes are the most simple. Case in point: these delicious, juicy tomatoes Provencal, based off of a recipe I found in an Alice Waters cookbook. Just a few main ingredients and a little bit of time in the oven produce a side dish so succulent, you’ll swear that the recipe had to have been dramatically complex. While tomatoes meet their peak during summer months, this recipe is a great way to “doctor” winter tomatoes, as the basil and cheese add herbal and umami notes that help enhance the tomatoes’ subtle flavor. I served mine alongside a fillet of salmon and Mrs. Cochran’s roasted potatoes that I prepared for friends and received rave reviews, tomatoes polished off in no time.
A quick, healthy, delicious accompianiment.
A quick, healthy, delicious accompianiment.

 
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