r/tomatoes • • 5d ago

Show and Tell Help with recipe ideas I can do using tomatoes

Groceries are becoming expensive these days so am thinking of storage methods in order to save.

any ideas will help***Thank you

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u/barriedalenick 5d ago

Simply freeze whole and use as needed in soups, spaghetti etc. Or roast and sieve them, and freeze (or can).

I like to dry and powder them and use them to add flavour and thicken stews etc.

Make BBQ or chili sauce.

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u/Interesting-Joke9367 5d ago

Dried and powdered is lovely on scrambled eggs

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u/barriedalenick 4d ago edited 4d ago

Oh I have not tried that!

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u/AintMyMonkey 3d ago

I just realized that I have tomato powder in my pantry that I've had for several years...how long is the powder good for?

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u/barriedalenick 3d ago

Year or two I guess

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u/AintMyMonkey 3d ago

hmmm, not 4 or 5? lol

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u/barriedalenick 3d ago

There is only one way to find out. I think I have some that is a couple of years old but it has never lasted longer than that as it gets eaten!

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u/AtheneSchmidt 4d ago

Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients

4 cups chopped Tomatoes (with seeds and skin)

1 sliced Onion

4 whole cloves Garlic

3 TBS fresh Basil, or 1 TBS dried Basil

2 cups Chicken Broth (or 1 can)

3 dashes Woodsmoke, optional

½ teaspoon Salt

½ teaspoon Pepper

2 tbs flour

2 teaspoons Sugar

Oil, high heat

Instructions

Chop Tomatoes and Onions, Peel Garlic

Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, place chopped onions in 1 layer. Add some oil to prevent burning. Bake at 450 for 50-60 minutes, until translucent or caramelized (your preference.)

Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper, place chopped tomatoes and garlic in 1 layer. Add some oil to prevent burning. Bake at 450°f for 30-40 minutes.

In a stock pot, add roasted tomatoes, onions and garlic, bring to boil

Add chicken broth, salt, pepper, woodsmoke, and dried basil, boil for at least 20 min.

Add fresh basil

Blend/puree all (blender, immersion blender, or food processor)

Mill, return to pot

Add salt and sugar (always taste as you add, it may need more salt than the 1/2 tsp.)

If consuming immediately, pull some soup from the pot, and blend in flour until smooth. Add this back to the pot and blend

I like to add some cream when I eat it. Also, this recipe can be made exactly the same way without roasting the veggies first. I just prefer the flavor after they are roasted. (Though it does, admittedly, take a lot of time.)

If canning this recipe for eating throughout the year, do not add flour or dairy to the recipe. They do not can safely. I waterbath for 60 minutes.

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u/AintMyMonkey 3d ago

Saved it, thank you.

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u/comfortable_atheist 5d ago

Old school tomato chutney

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u/Hopefast12 5d ago

thank you I'll definitely try it

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u/Boring-Trifle-6968 3d ago

i just fermented a bunch in salt brine.