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Fall is finally here, and I couldn’t be more happy. Along with the cooler temperatures and lazy days, there are little routines that just make the time go by…

Two of those routines that I really like are roasting cherry tomatoes and baking breakfast sausage for the week. I got in this habit as a way to eat more at home, not eating out for breakfast and lunch—and save some money. The way prices are today, it is easy to spend $15-20 every time you go out, and that adds up pretty fast.

So I started cooking breakfast sausage patties on the weekend, along with roasting some cherry tomatoes (see below for the recipe). I eat the sausage with a quick scrambled egg and English muffin for breakfast, and the cherry tomatoes on deli sandwiches. Quick, easy and cheap.

The routine of cooking the sausage and the tomatoes is actually relaxing. It’s not complex, and doesn’t take much time. I can just work the food and just take it easy. This is what I like about the weekends—simple, relaxing and just enjoying the cooler temps. Put some British mysteries on TV and putter around the house.

What do you like about this time of year? What are your routines?

Oh, and here is how I roast the tomatoes:

• 1 package cherry tomatoes
• A bit of good quality olive oil
• Salt & pepper

Preheat the oven to 400F. Rinse the tomatoes, and then cut into halves.

Put some foil on a rimmed pan, and put the tomatoes on the pan, cut side up. Drizzle with the olive oil, then add salt & pepper.

Cook for 35 minutes or so, until the tomatoes are slightly blackened and blistered. Let cool and put in a container for future use.

That’s it—simple!

Marc