Summer Tomatos

Ok, while this is the first thing I have posted on my Blog, it's a good'n. My friend Andrea gave me a wonderful gift the other day, this most delicious Tomato Casserole receipt. It's a family secret that her sister in law did her best to hoard from the family, until Andrea discovered it in her mother-in-laws cook book and gave it out to the world. Apparently this didn't make my girl's sister-in-law to happy, but hey, it's all about the recipe and I applaud Andrea's willing to share.

When I first read through it, I wasn't to excited about eating a "hot" tomato casserole in the middle of the summer, but "bless me father" I should never have doubted her self described "yummy" review. Still, when I went home and made it, per exact recipe, not only was I thinking this was too much, but how many tomatoes I was wasting for nothing. Well stupid is as stupid thinks, this thing is DELICIOUS AND UNBELIEVABLY SIMPLY GOOD. Being the "hip" woman that I am, I added that mozzarella cheese between the layers. Next time, I'll add some fresh mozzarella between and on top, under the sour cream. Because in life you can never have to much wine, or to much cheese!! Enjoy

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Andrea’s Tomato Casserole

5 or 6 tomatoes (or as many as you want) cut into chunks
An onion (red or Vidalia) chopped up (as much as you want)
Cheese crackers
Basil
Salt and pepper
8 oz. tub of sour cream
Croutons
Butter or margarine
About ½ teaspoon of sugar

Put a layer of tomatoes in bottom of casserole dish (1, 1 ½ qt.).
Sprinkle salt, pepper, little bit of sugar and basil over tomatoes.
Sprinkle onions over first layer of tomatoes.
Crunch up cheese crackers and sprinkle over onions.
Layer again 1 or 2 more times. This can be as small or large as you want.
Top layer should be tomatoes and onions (no crackers).
Put in oven (350 degrees) for about 20 minutes. Take out and spread sour cream over top. Put croutons on top of sour cream and dot with butter. Put back in oven turned down to 325 degrees for about 5-10 minutes.

YUM!!

P.S. you can also add mozzarella cheese to your layers for an even yummier…..but it’s great either way.