Comments on: Making the Most of My Vegetables http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/ A blog about frugal living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: whimseycreations http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-867 whimseycreations Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:36:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-867 I have a great recipe for a tomato pie if you'd like it. Just email me at whimseyc@bellsouth.net I have a great recipe for a tomato pie if you’d like it. Just email me at whimseyc@bellsouth.net

]]> By: Joy http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Joy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:21:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-866 What a great idea! My son has sucked all the juice out of the tomatoes and left their red remains strewn about the lawn--but maybe I can get to them before he does this week! Thanks so much for enriching our Thrifty Green Thursday! What a great idea! My son has sucked all the juice out of the tomatoes and left their red remains strewn about the lawn–but maybe I can get to them before he does this week! Thanks so much for enriching our Thrifty Green Thursday!

]]> By: Daisy http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Daisy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:50:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-865 Tomato soup. find a good recipe for tomato soup and freeze a few jars. In january this will taste soooo good! I use mine for a minestrone base sometimes. Mmm, good! Tomato soup. find a good recipe for tomato soup and freeze a few jars. In january this will taste soooo good! I use mine for a minestrone base sometimes. Mmm, good!

]]> By: Condo Blues http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Condo Blues Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:46:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-864 My MIL gifted me with a bunch of tomatoes from her garden right before I was ready to leave town on vacation. So I tried freezing them which I was ready to comment on until I saw that Rebecca beat me to it :).<br/><br/>So I'll add this. The easiest way to peal a tomato is to blanch it (stick it in a pot of simmering water until the skin starts to loosen) first. The skin should slide off of the tomato with little or no need for a knife. Just let the tomato cool a bit first. Take it from me, I found that one out the hard way. My MIL gifted me with a bunch of tomatoes from her garden right before I was ready to leave town on vacation. So I tried freezing them which I was ready to comment on until I saw that Rebecca beat me to it :) .

So I’ll add this. The easiest way to peal a tomato is to blanch it (stick it in a pot of simmering water until the skin starts to loosen) first. The skin should slide off of the tomato with little or no need for a knife. Just let the tomato cool a bit first. Take it from me, I found that one out the hard way.

]]> By: Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Leah Ingram Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-863 Rebecca:<br/><br/>OK, here's a stupid question: how do you easily peel a tomato? Do you boil it and then the skin falls off?<br/><br/>FYI, regarding Thrifty Green Thursday, Rebecca is referring to the blog <a HREF="http://greenbabyguide.com/" REL="nofollow">Green Baby Guide </a>, which invites other bloggers to share their thrifty green ideas each Thursday. Go check it out! Rebecca:

OK, here’s a stupid question: how do you easily peel a tomato? Do you boil it and then the skin falls off?

FYI, regarding Thrifty Green Thursday, Rebecca is referring to the blog Green Baby Guide , which invites other bloggers to share their thrifty green ideas each Thursday. Go check it out!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Rebecca Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:50:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-862 This is a problem I would love to have. I am not a great gardener and never seem to have the excess of tomatoes and zucchini everyone talks about. Nor am I a memeber of a CSA who burdens me with tomatoes. I would LOVE to have that many tomatoes!<br/><br/>Freezing them is easy. You can peel them and freeze them whole. No, they can never be used in salads again, but you could make them into sauce or something later.<br/><br/>I would probably cook them all down into sauce (or have your husband do it since he's the expert!) and then freeze that in batches. That would take MUCH less freezer space. You could probably cook down at least fifteen-twenty pounds of tomatoes in one big pot. I have done that before, and it doesn't make nearly as much sauce as you'd think!<br/><br/>You could also make a LOT of that salsa you linked to and freeze it. It probably wouldn't be as great once it defrosted, but if you are using it as enchilada sauce, it would be fine.<br/><br/>I am so jealous, as you can tell!<br/><br/>Thanks for joining us on Thrifty Green Thursday! This is a problem I would love to have. I am not a great gardener and never seem to have the excess of tomatoes and zucchini everyone talks about. Nor am I a memeber of a CSA who burdens me with tomatoes. I would LOVE to have that many tomatoes!

Freezing them is easy. You can peel them and freeze them whole. No, they can never be used in salads again, but you could make them into sauce or something later.

I would probably cook them all down into sauce (or have your husband do it since he’s the expert!) and then freeze that in batches. That would take MUCH less freezer space. You could probably cook down at least fifteen-twenty pounds of tomatoes in one big pot. I have done that before, and it doesn’t make nearly as much sauce as you’d think!

You could also make a LOT of that salsa you linked to and freeze it. It probably wouldn’t be as great once it defrosted, but if you are using it as enchilada sauce, it would be fine.

I am so jealous, as you can tell!

Thanks for joining us on Thrifty Green Thursday!

]]> By: Cathy http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2008/08/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Cathy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/making-the-most-of-my-vegetables/#comment-861 We bought a steam canner that we're going to use to try to keep up with our garden. Thanks for the recipe! We bought a steam canner that we’re going to use to try to keep up with our garden. Thanks for the recipe!

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