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Too-good-to-waste tomato recipes
Estimated prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- ½ -1 cup chopped tomatoes
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp neutral oil (vegetable, peanut, avocado or grapeseed)
- 1 scallion (sliced)
- ½ tsp sugar (optional)
- Cooked rice for serving
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat together the eggs and ¼ tsp of the salt.
- Warm a pan over medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of oil, then the eggs, and lightly scramble until just set. Pour onto a plate.
- Heat the pan again, add the remaining oil (1 tbsp), then add the scallion, tomatoes, sugar if using, and remaining ¼ tsp salt and stir-fry until the tomatoes have begun to break down and release juice (1-2 min).
- Return eggs to the pan and briefly mix.
- Serve with rice.
Estimated prep time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
- Fresh tomatoes
- Onion
- Garlic cloves
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
- Slice tomatoes into quarters. Peel garlic cloves. Chop onion.
- Place garlic, onion, and tomatoes on parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Roast for 20 minutes or until tomatoes begin to brown on top.
- Remove and let cool.
- Once cooled to room temperature, transfer all ingredients to freezer bags.
- Store in freezer for up to 6 months.
Estimated prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp butter
- Onion
- Garlic clove
- Fresh tomatoes
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Instructions:
- Mince garlic, chop onion, peel, seed, and chop tomatoes.
- Melt butter over medium heat.
- Sprinkle flour over butter. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
- Sitr in tomato. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add milk. Bring to a simmer. Season for taste.
- Serve over biscuits, rice, or toast.
Don't toss those potatoes
Estimated prep time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 potatoes
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1.5 cups milk
Instructions
- Peel potatoes and slice. Dice onion. Mince garlic. Cut butter into small pieces.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat pan on medium-low. Add oil.
- Sauté onion and garlic until nearly browned.
- In a greased dish, arrange onion mix, potatoes, butter, and milk.
- Season to taste
- Bake uncovered for 60 minutes.
- Let the dish cool at room temperature for 15 minutes.
- Serve.
Estimated prep time: 2 hours
Ingredients:
- Garlic heads
- 2 tbsp oil
- 6-8 potatoes
- 1 cup whole milk
- 8 tbsp butter
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice the heads of garlic in half. Drizzle with the oil.
- Wrap the garlic in foil, place in oven for 1 hour.
- Squeeze and mash cooled garlic with a fork.
- Place potatoes in pot, cover with cold water, season with salt and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Drain.
- Peel potatoes, return to pot, and mash with a fork.
- Incorporate milk and butter.
- Season to taste, serve.
Estimated prep time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 potatoes
- 1 tbsp flour
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 cups milk
- 1 onion
Instructions:
- Dice onion. Peel and cut potatoes into 2-inch chunks.
- Place potatoes in pot, cover with cold water.
- Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Drain.
- Add milk and butter. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Season to taste, serve.
Take a bite out of your apple supply
Estimated prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 apples
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Cut apples into 1-inch cubes.
- Place apples in pan with 2 tbsp of water. Cover and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Add butter. Stir to melt and coat.
- Add syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla. Season with salt to taste.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve.
Estimated prep time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
- 3 apples
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ cup butter
Instructions:
- Soften butter at room temperature. Sift flour. Peel, core, and slice apples.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place apples in a greased baking dish.
- In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and butter.
- Sprinkle mixture over apples. Season with salt to taste.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Serve.
Estimated prep time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 6-10 apples
- 1 cup apple juice or cider
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions:
- Peel, core, and cut apples into slices.
- Combine all ingredients in large pot.
- Cook over medium heat for 25 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature. Purée in blender.
- Store in fridge or freeze for up to six months.
Saving money is bananas
Estimated prep time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 bananas
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions:
- Mash bananas in bowl with a fork. Melt butter.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease loaf pan.
- Stir ingredients together in bowl.
- Pour into loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Slice and serve.
Estimated prep time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Approx. 14 small bananas
- 2 cups milk
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 package vanilla pudding mix
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 container whipped topping
- 1 package vanilla wafers
Instructions:
- Slice bananas.
- Wisk together milk, condensed milk and pudding mix.
- Stir in vanilla and whipped topping.
- Layer bananas, mixture, and wafers in a glass bowl.
- Chill and serve.