2 roasted vidalia onion cherry Recipes

tomatoes, washed and stemmed, onions, peeled and chopped (preferably vidalia), head garlic, peeled, kalamata olive, pitted and halved, whole mushroom, cleaned and stemmed, fresh basil (can sub 1 tbsp dried thyme) or 1/4 cup thyme, snipped (can sub 1 tbsp dried thyme), sea salt, fresh ground black pepper , to taste, dried chili pepper flakes , pinch, olive oil, pasta , sea salt and boiling water, parmesan cheese, grated

vidalia onions (about 2 lb, available seasonally at specialtyproduce markets and some supermarkets), peeled, tomatoes, quartered, lean bacon , cooked until crisp and crumbled, minced fresh basil or parsley leaves, garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/4 tsp salt, balsamic vinegar, red-wine vinegar, olive oil