MARINATED CHERRY TOMATOES

MARINATED CHERRY TOMATOES

Put your cherry tomatoes in a bowl.  Add boiling water to cover them from a kettle and leave 20 for seconds. Pour off the hot water and add cold tap water.  The skins will split and be ready to pop off the cherry tomatoes by barely squeezing/pinching them between your thumb and fingers.  If the skins of 1 or 2 are not popped open, just coax them by slightly piercing with a tip of a knife and the skin should be ready to come off. Refrigerate until ready to use.

THE GOOD PART:

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon thyme

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1/4 cup chopped chives

2/3 cup oil

1/4 cup tarragon vinegar

1 pint cherry tomatoes (peeled)

Combine all ingredients but tomatoes.  Pour over peeled cherry tomatoes.  Marinate overnight in a quart jar in the refrigerator.  Serves 4-6.