Enjoy one of life's simple pleasures, summer's treasured garden bounty of juicy red ripe tomatoes, sliced and drizzled with garlic-infused oil, fresh flat-leaf parsley, toasted pine nuts and crumbled blue cheese.

Sliced Tomatoes with Blue Cheese & Pine Nuts

3 large (about 1 1/2 pounds) fresh California tomatoes, sliced
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon freshly chopped garlic
2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
2 ounces blue cheese
1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

1. Slice California tomatoes and arrange, overlapping, on a platter.
2. Mix garlic with oil and drizzle over California tomatoes. Sprinkle with pepper and pine nuts and top with crumbled cheese and parsley. Let sit at room temperature 15 minutes before serving.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of the California Tomato Commission.