Tomato - te mat o

If you enjoy eating and cooking with tomatoes, this is a book not to be missed. Tomato te mat o is a collection of recipes, stories, and how-to s for the cook, gardener, and canner. 195 recipes explore the various ways to eat and cook with tomatoes. Included are recipes that take you beyond the traditional BLT sandwich and pasta sauces. From fresh to cooked, these recipes are standouts at anytime of the day whether you are preparing snacks, appetizers, salads, sauces, or a meal. Almost an encyclopedia on tomatoes, the recipes include our everyday tomato products such as tomato juice, ketchup, pizza sauce, and stewed tomatoes. Traditional favorites include slow cooked pasta sauce, tomato soup, fried green tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, and broiled tomato halves. Moving into a more contemporary venue, you will find recipes for Bruschetta, Tomato Basil Soup, Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce, Gazpacho, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes just to name a few. After years of growing tomatoes, peppers, onions, and cilantro and experimenting with different flavors in search of the perfect salsa recipe, I developed several authentic salsas. All of my favorites are compiled into one chapter. These tried and true recipes take center stage in our kitchen each fall as we put up nearly 100 pints of salsa. Going beyond recipe development, is a full chapter on canning. The text outlines many helpful tips and web sites to reference for in-depth processing directions to preserve your products for future use. The chapter is packed with recipes appropriate for canning. Once these products are on the self, what s next? To enhance your canning efforts are two chapters that focus on recipes using salsa and stewed tomatoes as a main ingredient. Finally enjoy reading through my Gardening Journal, a diary style editorial featuring tips, how to s, and stories describing the progression of planning, planting, and growing a garden bursting with plump, juicy tomatoes. The tomato is a powerful vegetable and Tomato te mat o provides many ways to add it into your daily diet. The tomato is on the charge to be recognized as a rival to the apple and is challenging it s reputation of an apple a day, keeps the doctor away . The tomato is a powerhouse of antioxidants and vitamins and is relatively fat free and low in both calories and carbohydrates.