As much as I love to plan dinner recipes based on our Sungold tomato harvest, I like to snack on them when I'm working in the garden even more. Recently—as I reached for a dark orange pop of flavor—I heard my friend Laura whispering in my ear "hand salad...pick a hand salad..."
Laura is at heart a teacher who never misses a chance to engage a passer-by. She's long encouraged those tempted to snack from her Vancouver, Washington, hellstrip garden to do it up right and pick one of those, a bit of that, and make a hand salad. Hearing her voice in my ear I realized I was only getting it half right. I mean those tomatoes warmed by the sun are delicious, but why not pick a sprig of basil—growing in the same container—and double the flavor? Yes, it is really is a bit of summer in my hand. Thanks Laura!
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