Erin's joining me...

We were out picking tomatoes yesterday - lots and lots of them - from Erin's little garden.

She's had such an abundant harvest that it's been a little hard to keep up with all those tomatoes!  She doesn't have a freezer or a pressure canner (yet).  She's hoping....

So, today while Clara naps and Erin and Luke go riding and out to eat together alone for the first time in a year, I'm doing these slow roasted tomatoes.

Here they are, all ready to go in the oven...

And three hours and a lovely walk up the hill with Clara later, here they are ready to eat.  Notice a few empty spots on the parchment, do you?  Well, it is impossible to stand near the baking sheet and not pop them in your mouth.  Erin says she could live on them.  They are little bit of concentrated summer tomato deliciousness.

And since we're on the subject of  my daughter's tomatoes, it's a good time to tell you that Erin is going to join me on the Good Food blog.  It was her idea for me to add her as an author, and I'm delighted to do it!   We like to cook together, we like to talk about food and gardening and farmer's markets and eating.  So, it's only natural to do it together!

Erin is a lifelong vegetarian married to a Montana meat and potatoes man.  She has learned to cook things Luke likes, meaning, she's learned to cook meat - not something her mother taught her!  She's also doing a great job developing healthy, happy eating habits in little Clara.  So, maybe she'll add some posts on feeding babies. 

...or babies feeding Mamas.

Welcome, sweetheart.  I'm glad you want to share this space with me.