Tomato Tartlets

• 500 g (approx 17 ozs) pack ready made puff pastry
• Jar pesto
• Plum tomatoes diced - 4 – 6 depending on size
• 120 g (4 ozs) Feta cheese crumbled
• salt and pepper to taste
  

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2. Slice each square of puff pastry into 9 equally sized squares (think: tic tac toe board)
3. Press each square of pastry into a muffin pan
4. Drop a teaspoon of pesto into each pastry cup
5. Fill each cup with diced tomato
6. Sprinkle feta over each cup, then garnish with salt and pepper
7. Bake tartlets for 10-12 minutes, until golden

This recipe was generally inspired by the little tomato tarts found at Vegetarian Lunchbox.

Heirloom Tomato Sauce

• 3-4 small heirloom tomatoes
• 4-5 fat cloves garlic, crushed well
• basil
• olive oil
• salt

Serves 2

1. quickly blanch tomatoes in simmering water for about 10 seconds. Let cool, peel away skins.
2. chop peeled tomatoes into cubes (leave seeds and goo ;) )
3. heat drizzle of oil in wide skillet, add garlic and saute until sizzling and fragrant (1-2 minutes)
4. toss in all tomatoes, salt well
5. add basil sprigs, turn up heat and bring to boil
6. reduce to simmer, use basil sprigs to stir sauce around
7. after several minutes, tomatoes will break down almost completely. Stir frequently.
8. at the last minute, remove sprigs of basil. Season to taste, drizzle in a bit more oil.
9. toss a bit of chopped basil in
10. toss with nicely al dente pasta, and cook a couple minutes more
11. put in bowls, garnish with cheese

Recipe transcribed from the description on the Hedonia blog

Chipotle Sweet Potato Mash

• 1 lb. sweet potatoes
• 3 oz. butter
• 4 tsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp. chipotle peppers
• 3 tbsp. heavy cream

1. Wash sweet potatoes. Place in pan and cover with foil.
2. Bake at 350° until potatoes are soft all the way through.
3. Meanwhile, heat butter with sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar.
4. Add salt, pureed chipotles and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer.
5. Remove skins from sweet potatoes and place in clean mixing bowl.
6. Add cream and butter mixture and mix with whisk until smooth.

Original recipe from Not Your Average Joes