37 Fresh Tomato Recipes for Peak Tomato Season
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cute tomatoes!!!
That’s one thing I have too much of. Just made another batch of Pico de gallo.
Does anyone have a suggestion for other uses for fresh tomatoes?
I already have a bunch of canned from last year. Plus I’m out of jars. LOL
August already - unbelievable. Thanks for the thread!
Suggestions needed: mama deer (accompanied by fawn) has eaten all the leaves off the rose bushes planted around the patio wall. The rose bushes are old & not that pretty, even when blooming. I would like to replace them with something else that would look decent at least 3 seasons of the year. Something that blooms would be nice, but not necessary.
The planting area is not full sun & in the afternoon, most is in a light shade. We had such good luck with the boxwoods I planted at the other house, I am tempted to plant them around the patio & for color, have very large pots on wheels that can be moved around. The pots can be planted with flowers that bloom in the spring & probably replanted with something that would bloom most of the summer & then again with fall flowers.
Any other ideas? Shrubs other than boxwoods that would stay green?
Oh, I also canned my first batch of tomatoes.
It was stewed tomatoes, not sauce until more come in.
It’s a new month again! Time is flying! Before you know it, we will be celebrating the end of this hear, and welcoming a new one in!
See, if GMO meant talking ‘maters, everyone would want it!
Began seedlings and planting about 2 weeks late, and over 90F temps held back some fruit set, so now I am just getting the first rip ones. Plus butternut and acorn squash are growing. Thanks be to the God of Heaven.
Rather than pics, then her is an amateur Gif vid. (note that the large veg. oil containers are for hauling water from the rain barrels in the back, after being drained and rinsed out):
Grilled Eggplant Lasagna / Fresh Tomato Sauce
Ing 1 large eggplant 1/4 cup evo 6 oz grated Parm S/p
Pesto Sauce 1/2 cup evo 2 bunches fresh basil 3 gar/cloves 1/2 c pine nuts 6 tbl grated Parm S/p
Fresh Tomato Sauce 2 tbl evo 3 chp gar/cloves 2-3 large ripe tomatoes S/p, Chp fresh basil, to taste
Steps Brush long, thin strips eggplant w/ evo, s/p. Grill over hot coals, 3-4 min per side. Reserve.
Pesto Processor/fine-chp a min evo, basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parm, s/p. Set aside.
Fresh Tomato Sauce Heat evo on med. Sauté garlic a min. Core tomatoes and proc/puree; add to pan and cook over med 30-40 min. Add s/p and fresh basil to taste.
Layer in greased 13x9" pan grilled eggplant, thin layer of tomato sauce, thin layer of pesto. Repeat 3 or 4 times using up ing. Add Parm, rest tomato sauce, s/p to taste. Foil tightly. Bake 375 deg about 40 min.
NOTE For meat lovers, add a layer of seasoned, sauteed chp beef. Top w/ mozzarella.
Smart! That is one of the first ‘red’ lettuces I ever grew - and I fell in love! We sold it at Seed Savers and I would sell it to any customer that would listen. ;)
I’ve let lettuces go in other years and ended up with an entire flat of seedlings started right in my garden beds - and then I dug them up and moved them to one central location. I love ‘free’ food! :)
And now I’m hungry for a salad for supper! :)
Apple tree has some sort of disease though, which I have not research. This has been a busy summer fixing bikes (free, parts at cost), etc., by the grace of God, thanks be to Him.
And for Loli, the community cat, mother of 5 litters whose residence is across the street, 2nd flr. but who does not like to go home and be with the other well-fed cats, and thus she usually gets fed on our porch. And loves to catch mice, and sometimes rats. Yes, this nice cat is a Predator. She eats part of her catch. Which thus benefits the densely populated community. Thank God.
