Fire Roasted Tomatoes:.

8-10 tomatoes

3-5 cloves of chopped or crushed garlic

1 TBS Herbs de Provence (or Italian Seasoning)

½ tsp Sea Salt

½ tsp Black Pepper

½ - 1 Crushed Red Pepper (depends on how spice you want them)

½ cup Olive Oil

Preheat oven to 375.

Mix the garlic, the Herbs de Provence, sea salt , peppers & Olive Oil in a small bowl.

Slice the tomatoes into halves and put them on a parchment or wax paper lined jellyroll pan. Spoon the garlic mixture over the tomatoes. Drizzle with a little bit more olive oil.

Bake the tomatoes in the oven until they are starting to brown and become a bit crispy on top, about an hour (sometimes a little more or less- it really depends on the size of the tomatoes). I check them every 20 minutes.

When the tomatoes are ready, you can serve them as a side dish, or mash them up and mix them in with your favorite pasta.

Some other options:

• When I add them to pasta, I sometimes just serve the tomatoes with a stuffed tortellini or ravioli.

• I also like to caramelize a sliced onion (slice the onion and cook on the stove with a bit of OO or butter), mix the onions with a jar of tomatoes sauce and then mix in the lightly crushed Fire Roasted Tomatoes- to spice up your spaghetti.

• Brown some ground turkey and mix in with the tomatoes- for a more hearty version.