Cookbook Club – Graze

Graze: Inspiration for Small Plates and Meandering Meals was an ideal cookbook for Cookbook Club. Going from dish to dish trying little bites of many different things is what we’re all about. To meander alongside us through the entire enticing meal, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish!

I am often drawn to recipes that use ingredients I readily have on hand and seem simple to put together, while still sounding like something I really want to eat. Graze is a cookbook full of such recipes, so I had a bit of difficulty choosing, but eventually settled on the Roasted Cherry Tomatoes in Olive Oil because I’ve been meaning to try making both tomato and garlic confit based on conversations with fellow Cookbook Clubbers.

I arranged halved cherry tomatoes and smashed garlic cloves on a baking sheet, drizzled with olive oil, and sprinkled with salt and pepper.

I baked at 250 degrees F for 2 hours.

I transferred to a bowl and covered in more olive oil. That’s it! But the sweetness that emerged from the tomatoes was incredible. So simple… fantastic, right!?

I just have to add that pretty much every dish we tried from Graze was equally easy and delicious. I try a lot of cookbooks thanks to Cookbook Club, and I don’t say this often, but – go get this book!