Bruschetta from the grill

Tell me….does the scent of onions on the grill make your mouth water? Have you ever grilled tomato slices before slipping them into your burger? If you love a good juicy summertime tomato, grab one that’s not yet so ripe and slice it thick, spread a little olive oil on it and sprinkle it with salt then lay it on a smoking hot grill. While you’re at it, slice a nice Vidalia onion thick too and do the same prep to that, then set it right next to the tomato. Let them smoke and sizzle, then carefully flip them over.

When you find that the scent is driving your taste buds insane at the very thought of how good it will be, and when you see that the onion and tomato have browned nicely, carefully put them on plates to cool, and slip the skin off the tomato. Chop them coarsely, add a little more salt, some fresh ground pepper and another drizzle of your good oil, then scoop it onto a nice slice of bread that you browned on the grill.

Take a bite. If you’ve got some garden basil, add that too. (green olives with parsley and garlic are optional)

Take another bite. And another.

Forget that you had anything else planned for dinner, ’cause this tastes just like summertime; the sun is warm and the wind is high- white puffy clouds are scooting across the sky and the scent is amazing.

Have another piece, why don’t you? Doesn’t it taste good??