Imma gonna try that, Steve. Himself likes a pasta dish on the side or as a first course, and this one would be perfect.

The sauce looks like a pesto with sun-dried tomatoes that's sold here in jars, but much better because it's made with fresh everything.

The whizzing of garlic, olive oil and basil would go well in a food processor, if one is to hand. I have found that the food processor is heavy and awkward and takes up a lot of space both in storage and on the work surface, but it really rocks in a messy, labour-intensive job like pesto.

We are now heading into the shank of tomato season in Ontario, when we eat tomatoes with every meal including breakfast and the midnight snack. I'm always looking for new ways to use tomatoes, especially the small ones that are perfectly fine until abruptly they're not, and the whole punnet goes over when I turn my back on it.