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Tomatoes Galore!

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Tomatos Galore!! Sweet peppers are ready to harvest. Summer gardens produce many yummy vegetables. Ours is no exception.

Fresh Tomato Bruschetta

Tomatos Galore!!

Our summer garden is still producing. Just look at these brightly colored yellow sweet peppers. There are a few zucchinis and yellow squashes coming in too.

I have stewed and frozen several gallon bags of tomatoes. No, I don’t can. My daughter does. My mom did until she didn’t have to any more. She hated canning. It involved washing jars.  Because her hands were so small, that was her job. 

Jar washing.

She hated doing dishes more! 

My daughter married a guy who helped his mom can. His family were farmers. It was all hands on deck when it was time to can. 

He also was driving the truck at 8 and the tractor at 10. A different childhood from my children who were global nomads. 

I never got to drive a tractor.  

Here is my quick recipe for bruschetta. You may recognize using Pillsbury Pizza Crust as a base for toppings!  Cursty French bread is the usual.

My Canadian American friend and I made it for an afternoon treat when I lived in western China and the local bakery had French baguettes and there were fresh juicy tomatoes in the market.

I have to tell you, there is nothing better than bruschetta!  Fresh tomatoes gently seasoned over lightly toasted French or Italian bread slices just make you smile with the first bite. 

I had some Pillsbury cresent rolls on hand that needed to be used. My grandkids really like them. So I used them for this bruschetta.

Hope you like it this simple to make treat and appetizer.

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Easy Bruschetta

3.29 from 135 votes
Bruschetta is a delicious appetizer for a treat with dinner or afternoon snacktime. Need a quick easy lunch, try this bruschetta.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Italian American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 med-lrg ripe tomatoes
  • 1-2 teas extra virgin olive oil less is better
  • 1 med garlic clove, finely minced
  • Philidelphia cream cheese
  • 1 can Pillsbury Pizza Dough or toaste dfresh Italian bread
  • Shaved Parmesan cheese

Method
 

  1. Roughly chop tomatoes
  2. Peel and finely mince garlic clove
  3. Drain all liquid from the chopped tomatoes. Use a strainer over a bowl and add the fresh tomatoes mashing the pieces to drain excess liquid. Dump liquid out.
  4. Add olive oil and finely minced garlic. Toss well
  5. Open pizza dough and spread out. Cut into individual equally sized small pieces for hand holding
  6. Bake according to instructions. Cool
  7. Assemble by spreading cream cheese on each piece.. Spoon on tomato mix. Top with shaved Parmesan cheese
  8. Options: Serve ingredients on a tray for everyone to make their own.

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  138. Looks so yummy! I also freeze my tomatoes. I use them in chili throughout the fall and winter. I am gathering the last of my veggies out of the garden. I will definitely have to try this recipe! I love a good bruschetta! Thanks for the inspiration. 🙂

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  145. This looks like the perfect way to celebrate the end of summer, Linda! I can’t wait to try this recipe. We put up salsa and spaghetti sauce last year and it was so much fun. Hope your weekend is a special one, CoCo

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  148. HI Linda, I am part of the mastermind group! I am now following you on bloglovin where I get all my post updates from my blog fans. I need to add a bloglovin button. My son is looking at the army to help pay his way through his plans for medical school. My father in law is a retired MD who was stationed in Germany . I love your blog and your photos look great! I am following you on Instagram too. Great job! Look at how much you got done in a month! Where is Lancaster county is that on the east or west side of Pennsylvania.

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    • Hi Laura,
      Thanks for following. My husband had a ROTC cadet who did the same as well as my daughter’s BIL. Hope that comes together for your son. We are in central PA about 1 1/2 hours from Philly. I’ll take a look at blog loving. Thank you so much for your words of encouragement!

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  150. This looks wonderful. I struggle with tomatoes – I think it’s too wet where I live and probably we don’t get enough consistent hot days. Yours look amazing.

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  151. 5 stars
    I love tomatoes as in love like a goofball and oddly enough, I have neve rmade homemade bruschetta but I cannot wait to try your recipe. Thank you so much for sharing and for the delightful inspiration.

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