This week's share is a blast of color

Lot of tomatoes!  Two different varieties of cherry tomatoes, Taxi, Celebrity, and Big Boy.  Also 3 different heirloom varieties are in this weeks share (1 of each - Black Krim (dark bottoms and almost green tops), Striped German (orangish-yellow) and Brandywine (pinkish-red)).  These are the peak season heirlooms and may cause fighting in the household if there are several tomato lovers.

There's some very tasty red peppers, the mini-apple pepper variety like last week. As well as some green peppers too!

In the purple category we have included both Black Beauty (a standard eggplant) and the smaller Fairytale eggplants as well.

You will also find more color in the bean department this week.  There are 2 types - Green beans (Blue Lake variety) and Purple beans.  The purple guys are a long named Italian heirloom.  The taste is certainly different than the Blue Lake beans...  and both change when you cook them...  keep an eye on the purple guys!

So with all this color - what to do with your share:

Try our featured eggplant Parmesan recipe - especially great with the fairytale eggplants and you can make your own sauce with your tomatoes. It can all be frozen too!

Check out what Martha does with tomatoes to get some ideas http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/tomatoes?xsc=outbrain#slide_5

Here are several recipes we plan to try this week:
1.  Green Bean,Yellow Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad (using green and purple beans)
2.  Eggplant, Tomato and Goat Cheese Sandwiches
3.  Cheesy Eggplant Bake
4.  Eggplant Snack sticks

And here's some others to consider as well that may or may not be all seasonal in nature:

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