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    Pesto Bruschetta

    October 11, 2010 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 1 Comment

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    Good Monday afternoon friends!  You all are in for a treat this fine Monday.  You’re getting a double bonus on recipes today! This one, plus another tonight for the $5 Dinner Challenge!

    I was working on dinner over the weekend when Steve pops into the kitchen with a few handfuls of itty bitty tomatoes.

    Huh?

    I thought the garden was “done.”  I haven’t officially closed it down, but I thought it was finished producing!

    I gladly took the tomatoes. And worked them into the meal.

    • Homemade Pesto, from the freezer.
    • Bread rolls, marked down on special, from the freezer.

    And we’ve got ourselves the makings of a Pesto Bruschetta appetizer.

    Since I’m all about being resourceful, I just cut the rolls in half…and they look just like slices of French bread loaf…right?!  (You’d probably never have known had I not told you!)  These are just multigrain dinner rolls that I got on Manager’s Special and stashed in the freezer.  Perfect, for a time like this!

    Spread on the pesto. Top with the topping. Eat.

    H.e.a.v.e.n.l.y. Heavenly.

    Pesto Bruschetta

    Ingredients

    • About 2 cups cherry/grape tomatoes, quartered
    • 1/4 onion, finely chopped
    • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
    • Drizzle of olive oil
    • Salt and pepper to taste
    • 4 multigrain rolls, sliced in half
    • Couple knife-fuls of Homemade Pesto

    Directions

    1. In a mixing bowl, toss the tomatoes, onion and garlic.  Drizzle about 1 tsp of olive oil over the top and season with salt and pepper to taste.
    2. Lay out the sliced bread and spread a knife-ful of pesto over the bread.  Top with the tomato mixture.
    3. Enjoy.
    4. Devour.
    5. Make another round.
    6. Enjoy and devour again! 😉
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    Filed Under: Bread Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Healthy Snacks, Homemade Recipes, How To Cook, Recipes from the Garden, Side Dish Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tagged With: cherry tomatoes, Square Foot Gardening, tomatoes

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