Lisa's Produce Makes Excellent Dinner

A couple of nights ago we had dinner at Lisa and Mark's house and I have to say it was pretty stellar. We roasted Japanese eggplants and zucchinis from both her garden and ours. She aslo roasted a fine red onion which neither of us grew...but which made the sandwiches we put together on ciabatta bread absolutely memorable. The trick is to brush the bread with olive oil and basil and put a layer of each vegetable, top it with mozarella cheese (we had fresh this time which was wonderful!), then wrap them in tin foil and return to the grill until the cheese melts.

That tomato is a "German Johnson". I find it difficult to say that. When you cut a German Johnson from the vine it's difficult not to feel a little sadistic. It was pretty good, but we decided in an impromptu taste test that the "Caspian Pink" from my garden was the best for plain fresh eating. I wish I had taken pictures of the sandwiches.

I better go get ready, we're off to pick more blackberries to make more jam.