I have around 10 pounds of tomatoes at home?!
I have around 10 pounds of tomatoes at home?
I really dont want to let them go waste. Can you suggest any ideas for any type of foods I can use those tomatoes in?
Answers: I would freeze them for later use in soups, sauces, etc.
To peel the tomatoes:
Simply bring a pot of water to a boil. Drop the whole tomato in...leave in for about 20-30 seconds or so..then take out quickly and put them in a clean sink. The peelings just slip right off of the tomatoes...core them and cut them up.
Put them in freezer bags and seal.
Make the packages as big or as small as you like to fit your cooking needs.
ENJOY! ~Make some homemade salsa
~Can them for soups and stew later in the winter Spagetti sauce, chili, pizza...what else? Hmm...you can make a tomato salad with onions - my family loves that, tacos, make some salsa, put some on sandwiches... lol thats soo many tomatoes! =) I hope you are able to use them all...good luck!! Spaghetti Sauce
Chili
Goulash
Tomato Paste
BLT
Omelets
Home Fried potatoes
Sloppy Joes
Tomato soup You can use them to make a sauce,or use it as a pizza topping.Making soup with them is cool too,but i just prefer to eat them raw. Pasta sauce would be the easiest to do. You can use some for some fresh salads as well but to really get the most use out of them before they go bad would be to make them into pasta sauce. The pasta sauce can be frozen into individualy ziploc bags and all you need to do is take however many you need for that meal. It's quite simple and they stay nice for up to 6 months. You can use the sauce for easy meals like pasta, pizza, meatloaf, or whatever you'd like that requires tomato sauce. Goodluck! Buy some grond beef and make meat balls and put your tomatoes in the food processor for a minute to mush them into a sauce don't blend to long otherwise it will become pink can make a good tomato sauce for your pasta and freeze the rest for future use. Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
1? pounds plum tomatoes (about 12)
? teaspoon salt
? teaspoon pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
? cup olive oil, divided
? cup chopped fresh parsley, divided
? cup chopped fresh basil, divided
Cut stem end out of tomatoes, then cut them in half lengthwise. Place cut side up in a 9"x13" baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
In small bowl combine garlic, ? cup olive oil, ? cup parsley and ? cup basil. Spread over tomatoes.
Bake in preheated oven at 425° for about 70 minutes or until tops are slightly charred.
Squeeze pulp from tomatoes into bowl, discarding skins. Coarsely mash or chop pulp. Stir in remaining olive oil, parsley and basil. Pour over cooked pasta. Freeze them or can them (2 methods of canning).
Make homemade ketchup.
There are methods to can tomatoes & ketchup to shelf store.
Make chili, salsa, etc... & can or freeze that. salsa, homemade spaghetti sauce, tomato soup, dry some in a dehydrator.