Help! I need some recipes for green tomatoes. Thanks to tomato growing advice from Diana my tomato plants are still producing, some still have flowers. My problem, the frost is going to kill the plants soon even though I’m doing every thing I can to keep the frost from killing them (covering them with blankets at night and even putting 40 watt lights under the blankets). I have at least 80 green fruit, all fairly small, but I hate to see then go to waste.
I checked the past threads and didn’t find any green tomato recipes - maybe pop over to the Gardening thread today (Red posted it this morning) Ask for recipes tomorrow on the new thread too.
RED OR GREEN TOMATO SALSA
This salsa recipe makes a large amount and is great for canning several jars for storage.
5 pounds Roma tomatoes
4 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
4 to 8 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons white sugar
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 (4 oz.) cans diced green chilies
3 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
3 onions, chopped
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Directions
In a six quart pot of boiling water, blanch the tomatoes; drain and cool under cold water.
Peel the skin off tomatoes and coarsely chop. Put small batches of the tomatoes and the remaining ingredients into a blender and pulse until slightly chunky.
Pour salsa into hot canning jars and seal.
Hot pack the salsa in clean pint jars. Follow manufacturers directions.