My latest tomato endeavors have been delicious. Too delicious not to share. I don’t know how you like your tomatoes but I am a purist. My favorite preparation of a tomato is a dash of salt. eat.

So these two recipes are pretty simple but have really good flavors and you can always spice things up!

The first is a super simple tomato soup from allrecipes.com. I followed the recipe to a T and it turned out fantastic! Add a grilled cheese on marble rye and you have perfection!

The next recipe is my own concoction so forgive me for the lack of measurements.

Mascarpone Pasta Sauce for Two:

• Two strips of bacon
• One clove of garlic minced
• Some shallots minced
• 1T. mascarpone
• Three fresh tomatoes diced
• Some chopped up parsley
• Cooked pasta for two

Cook two strips of bacon in a large pan. Remove bacon and put to the side. Add garlic and shallots to bacon grease and lightly brown. Add diced tomatoes to pan and let simmer about 15 minutes or until much of the liquid has cooked down. Break up the bacon into small pieces and add to the sauce. Keep the heat on low and add the mascarpone. Stir until combined and pour over pasta. Sprinkle the parsley on top. Voila!

I know my photo of the sauce looks a bit like chicken curry :/  But it looks much better in person, trust me!