yeah its mainly the cucumbers that are really stumping me i found a cucumber pickle recipe but comparing that with the number of small cucumbers currently forming i think we would have pickle for the next decade!
hmm might look for a pasta sauce recipe last year i made tomato relish and tomato basil soup the relish was a hit the soup not so much since im the only one that eats soup
yeah swap the cucumbers... we had a bbq the other day and i did cucumber and tomatoe and onion in vinegar just like what we used to have when young. it certainly brought back memories!
You could make sun dried tomatoes. You just cut them in half and put them in the oven supposedly at about 120 degrees or so and let them dry out. Takes several hours - I have some cherry tomatoes in the oven at the moment to see if it works. It sounds like you can then store them in olive oil or just in a zip lock bag in the freezer. Apparently you know they are ready when they feel a bit like fresh raisins and not tacky.
I also have heaps of tomatoes, and I'm the only one on the house who eats them!! At the moment I'm making tomato sauce and whatever is left I'll freeze to use in winter in the slow cooker.
you can freeze tomatoes? do you do anything special to them first like dry them out happymumma's way or just biff them in a bag and into the freezer? Im about to make relish then maybe some tomato basil soup with the next batch using a different recipe this time.
Im getting a cucumber pickle recipe of my nana who unfortunately has also had a good cucumber season and has been supplying us all with hers so i havent been able to give mine away yet but hopefully hers are almost finished now mine is just gearing up .
Thanks for the link Bizzy i found a couple of idea's on there
From what I've read on a couple of blogs, people suggest just putting them into a ziplock bag and freezing. I'm going to chop them first (as some of them are pretty big!) then freeze as I'd like to use them instead of tins of tomatoes.
I just found this. If more of my tomatoes ripen over the next few days I thought I might try the slow cooked sauce. I've also been googling recipes for tomato chutney. I'm quite keen to try making one - Jamie Oliver has one that looks pretty basic so I thought I might try it.
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