Comments on: Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5525 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:01:20 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5525 Thanks for all the tomato ideas, everyone! And I have to admit, that I love Indira's tomato pilaf recipe and want to try it soon! I may adapt it to cook it in my rice cooker--we'll see what happens! Thanks for all the tomato ideas, everyone!

And I have to admit, that I love Indira’s tomato pilaf recipe and want to try it soon!

I may adapt it to cook it in my rice cooker–we’ll see what happens!

]]> Comment on Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! by: Riana http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5427 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:01:02 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5427 Great post with lots of good ideas. I have so many tomatoes right now, it's driving me crazy almost! Today, I made homemade tomato juice that I love drinking right out of the bottle with the refridgerator door open of course! I'm about to go into my 2nd trimester and I can't stand meat at all! I spit out some veal at grandma's house, bleck! PS: I love using the word "goodness" for food stuff, I did it the other day in my curry potato stuffed peppers! All the best, Riana Great post with lots of good ideas. I have so many tomatoes right now, it’s driving me crazy almost! Today, I made homemade tomato juice that I love drinking right out of the bottle with the refridgerator door open of course!

I’m about to go into my 2nd trimester and I can’t stand meat at all! I spit out some veal at grandma’s house, bleck!

PS: I love using the word “goodness” for food stuff, I did it the other day in my curry potato stuffed peppers!

All the best,
Riana

]]> Comment on Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! by: Kati http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5424 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5424 Oh- and for the folks who like their carbs to have a little more nutritional punch, we've been using the Barilla Plus pastas recently- they are much closer in texture and taste to a regular pasta than the first incarnation of whole wheat pastas, and have quite a bit of protein as well. They are more expensive as pastas go, but still pretty cheap as far as food in general. Oh- and for the folks who like their carbs to have a little more nutritional punch, we’ve been using the Barilla Plus pastas recently- they are much closer in texture and taste to a regular pasta than the first incarnation of whole wheat pastas, and have quite a bit of protein as well. They are more expensive as pastas go, but still pretty cheap as far as food in general.

]]> Comment on Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! by: Kati http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5423 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:57:06 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5423 This looks fantastic! I just got some of our local cheese at the market this morning, and some striped heirloom tomatoes. mmm mmm goodness. I also got something I've never cooked with before- I don't know if it's a southern thing (I'm in NC) but google was not that helpful: purple-hulled peas. Any suggestions? This looks fantastic! I just got some of our local cheese at the market this morning, and some striped heirloom tomatoes. mmm mmm goodness.

I also got something I’ve never cooked with before- I don’t know if it’s a southern thing (I’m in NC) but google was not that helpful: purple-hulled peas. Any suggestions?

]]> Comment on Garden Update: I’ve Got ‘Maters! by: Linda http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5421 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 07:03:19 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/08/04/garden-update-ive-got-maters/#comment-5421 I found an excellent, and easy, French recipe for tomato soup. You can serve it hot or cold. 1 peeled and chopped carrot 1 chopped onion Saute in 1 Tab. olive oil until soft, but don't brown onion. Add chopped garlic if you wish. Add a pound and 1/2 or so of quartered tomatoes-doesn't have to be accurate. Add 1 Tab. dry marjoram, 1 bay leaf and 1 Tab. dried thyme. Cook covered over slow heat until tomatoes saft and mushy, about 45 minutes. Cool. Put mixture through a food meal or just into a food processor. Serve hot or cold. It is great cool on a hot day. It tastes much better to me that gazpacho. I found an excellent, and easy, French recipe for tomato soup. You can serve it hot or cold.
1 peeled and chopped carrot
1 chopped onion
Saute in 1 Tab. olive oil until soft, but don’t brown onion. Add chopped garlic if you wish.
Add a pound and 1/2 or so of quartered tomatoes-doesn’t have to be accurate.
Add 1 Tab. dry marjoram, 1 bay leaf and 1 Tab. dried thyme. Cook covered over slow heat until tomatoes saft and mushy, about 45 minutes. Cool. Put mixture through a food meal or just into a food processor. Serve hot or cold. It is great cool on a hot day. It tastes much better to me that gazpacho.

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