i'm no chef... but...

as a yoga teacher, i don't pretend to be a chef. (heck, i'm not even that good of a cook)... but, i am also someone who is always appreciative of easy and delicious recipes that satisfy.  these caramelized tomatoes are the absolute best.  this is a recipe i've made about 5 times in the last week, and every time i do - they are gone by the next day, i just can't seem to keep them in the house!  we gobble it up with just about anything, crackers, mixed with brown rice, into eggs, on bread, or my personal favorite - right on a spoon.  

what you'll need: 

• 2 pints grape tomatoes
  
• 10-15 cloves garlic, crushed
  
• 3/4 cup of olive oil
  
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  
• splash of maple syrup (pure of course, and from vermont preferably) 
  
• salt & pepper to taste

- pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
- mix olive oil, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup, salt & pepper together
- add tomatoes to a pyrex, pour olive oil mixture over tomatoes, mix to coat
- put tomatoes in oven, check and mix every 15 minutes or so.  total cook time is about an hour to an hour and a half, whenever the tomatoes are caramelized
- let cool, store in a wide mouth mason jar - if it lasts that long!  

enjoy!  

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