Tis the season

For heirloom tomatoes, fah la la la la la la...you get it. Any who, heirloom tomatoes are in season and in honor of meatless Monday, I made a VERY simple but very satisfying meal. One cup of heirloom tomatoes is only 35 calories. They are small, meaty and beautiful. This meal can be made in about 10 minutes and since I am making it for myself, the portions are smaller.

Ingredients
1 cup of heirloom tomatoes (check out Trader Joe's)
1 tsp of minced garlic
.5 tbsp of EVO
Season with basil, salt and pepper
Optional: grated parmigiano reggiano
1 cup of organic whole wheat pasta (in my case 2 cups)

Directions
In a large pot, bring water to a boil and place pasta in pot and stir constantly.
In a small sauce pan and LOW heat put the first four ingredients together. There should be TONS of juice from the tomatoes that it will look like a thin sauce. Cook until the tomatoes are soft but juicy.  Once everything is cooked through then add them all together. Once again, CHEESE IS OPTIONAL! (But completely delicious)

In my case this was 523 calories but if you do just one cup it will only cost you about 322 calories! Eat them up will you can!