phood adventures

insalata caprese, skull island style

it turns out that there’s a variety of tomato in our garden that produces HUGE tomatoes, on average weighing more than one pound each, sort of the size of tomatoes you’d expect to find on skull island, where king kong lived. amazingly enough, the tomatoes aren’t mushy like those big ones that are found at grocery stores!

a picture of the ingredients: the tomato from skull island, fresh basil from the herb garden, and fresh mozzarella from the store.

that’s the huge 1.5lb tomato that i called my dinner.

you can see the insides of the tomato, which weren’t mushy. i did make sure to use a bread knife, it cuts with more ease than regular knives.

a bed of fresh basil ontop of the tomato slices.

although it doesn’t show it, i included balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil on.

i thought it would be a good thing to put in the fridge to eat tomorrow, but i have a feeling that it wouldn’t have lasted. either i would have eaten it or the tomato would have gone to waste instead. i was originally intending to eat it as an appetizer, it turned out to be the main meal of the night… well worth it.

very yummy, even if i do get heartburn later!