TOMATOES
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STORAGE TIPS
- Hold tomatoes at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- Cut tomatoes deteriorate quickly.
- Not fully ripe tomatoes will continue to ripen stored out of the sun at room temperature.
- Make sauces, salsas, and purees for winter eating.
CULINARY TIPS
- Sauté, bake, broil, grill, or eat them raw.
- Slice tomatoes and arrange on a plate. Drizzle with olive oil or a vinaigrette, chopped fresh basil or parsley and salt and pepper.
- Add tomato chunks to summer soups and pasta sauces.
- Sauté plum tomatoes and add to an omelet.
- Hollow-out partially, stuff and bake or grill.
- Roast halved tomatoes on a lightly oiled baking pan in a 250° oven for 3 hours (season with minced garlic and fresh, chopped basil before you pop them in the oven).
RECIPES
- Tomato Soda, or Tomato Peach Soda
- Corn and Tomato Salad with Lemon Dressing
- Homemade Roasted Salsa
- Tomato Canning Day
- Roasted Green Tomato Salsa
- Clean the Fridge Lettuce Wraps
- Spring's Sprung Pasta Salad
- Baked Spaghetti Collard Green Wrap
- Low Carb Chard Enchiladas
- Ribollita Tuscan Bread Soup
- Baked Pasta with Kale
- Root Vegetable & Cabbage Soup
- Spaghetti Squash "Som Tum"
- Tomato Martini
- Ratatouille
- Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers and Zucchini
- Tomato Tidbits + Info on U-Pick and our Tomato Bulk Sale!
- Fennel and Zucchini Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
- Cabbage Rice with Tomatoes
- Collard Green Wraps
- Summer Dumplings
- Cooking by the Book: Jerusalem
- Favorite Tomato Recipes
- Tomato Basil Pie
- Herbed Chicken Pasta Salad
- Hipster's Kale Pizza
- Red Wine Risotto with Cherry Tomatoes & Broccoli
- Whole Canned Tomatoes
- Tomato & Chorizo Stuffed Squash
- Pickled Okra & Yellow Tomatoes
- Egg in an Avocado
- Cajun 15 Bean & Collard Green Soup
- Caprese Salad
- Mezcal-Cava Bloody Mary
- JBG Tomato Party + Tomato Guide!
- B, L, (FG)T with Chimichurri
- Tomato Galette with Cheddar and Spiced Red Beans in a S&P Crust
- Cajun Cheesy Grits with Tomato Gravy and Roasted Veggies
- Smoky Tomato Jam
- Tomato & Peach Salad with Labne & Tomato Vinaigrette
- Gin and Tomato Jam
- Spice Braised Lentils and Tomatoes with Toasted Coconut
- Two Takes on Basic Tomato Sauce
- Goat Cheese & Basil Baked Chicken with Heirloom Tomato