Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Easiest side dish EVER

I found the tiniest blurb ever in the June Rachael Ray for a Tomato & Basil bake and I figured that those are two of my most favorite things, so why not? Turns out this is the easiest thing in the world to make and it was amazing!

1 lb cherry tomatoes, halved
2 cloves of garlic
1 T EVOO
1/3 c panko I didn't have panko so I used Italian bread crumbs instead
2 T melted butter
2 T chopped basil

Toss tomatoes, garlic, and EVOO in an 8 inch baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. I used cherry tomatoes and some mini heirloom tomatoes, hence the yellow in there.
Broil, stirring until tomatoes soften, approximately 12 minutes
Stir panko and butter together, sprinkle over the tomatoes and broil for 30 seconds. I stirred the basil in with the Italian breadcrumbs and butter and sprinkled it all over to broil

And that was that. So easy and unbelievably delicious. I had mine with garlic naan and that was all I needed for a nice, summer supper!