Lemon-Thyme marinated sea bass with slow roasted tomatoes

Slow Roasted Tomaotes......

I bought a lot of tomatoes at the grocery store this week, i've been craving them for some reason, so I thought I would experiment with making slow roasted tomatoes! You can just leave them in the oven in the morning and do your morning chores and then come back to a fragrant house. It smells like i've been working hard in the kitchen! If i'm having guests over, what I like to do is pop them in the oven 30-60 minutes before guests arrive, which gives the aroma plenty of time to diffuse in the house, a great backdrop aroma for a dinner party that'll put your guests in the the right mood for some great food!

You can use as many tomatoes as you like. Since it's just me and my sister, Mona, I used two big tomatoes. The oven temperature was 107 degrees celcius, which gives them enough time to rippen nicely, without burning.

2 tomatoes

Olive oil

Basil

Oregano

Garlic

Salt

Pepper

1. Cut the tomatoes into thick rings (as shown in photo below and place on baking sheet)

2. Place tomatoes on a baking sheet (I would normally line a baking dish with aluminium foil for easy clean up, but I didn't have any so I just put them on a baking sheet).

3. Sprinkle basil, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper on the tomatoes ( I didn't have any fresh basil, but it gives it a nicer flavour, so if you've got some, use them!)

4. Drizzle olive oil on top of the tomatoes.5. Put the tomatoes in the oven and leave them in for a good couple of hours.

This is what they look like after!

Lemon-Thyme Marinated Sea Bass

(Serves 2)

Two sea bass fillets

Lemon juice

Salt

Pepper

Thyme

2 Garlic cloves (chopped)

1. Wash fish ( water, then lemon juice and white pepper, then water), pat dry put in a bowl and marinate in lemon juice, chopped garlic, thyme, salt and pepper.2. Brush olive oil on both sides of fish and palce in a pan. Grill in pan on medium heat until cooked through.

3. Serve with lemon wedges
Serve the slow roasted tomatoes as a side dish. Tonight, this dish will be accompanying Lemon-thyme marinated sea bass. Mona and I are trying to incorporate more fish in our diet because of all the health benefits. So this was the perfect, simple, easy dish.Tomatoes are so great because they go with just about anything! I had a few left over so I chopped them up and put them in a tauperware with lettuce leaves and tuna, which will be my lunch for tomorrow! If you feel like pasta, use as a topping!