Not exact matches
Because you eat the skin, you should always wash
tomatoes before consuming them or
cooking with them
Hi Claire, lots of veg make awesome sauces —
tomatoes are great
because they're so saucy but I definitely think you could experiment with slow
cooking and blitzing any veg in a pan with oil and seasoning — let me know how you get on!
As with all other
tomatoes, plums are best in season — but they're also one of the best
tomatoes to
cook with in the off - season
because their flavor and texture is generally superior to greenhouse
tomatoes.
It easy to prep the night before (or even in the morning as your coffee brews)
because you just have to brown up a little ground beef and onion and toss it into the slow
cooker with a diced pepper, a can of
tomato sauce and three spices (how's that for keeping things simple?
that salad looks delicious - I have been doing lots of strawberry
cooking lately
because strawberries have been cheap and plentiful - would love to try this (esp as
tomatoes are not in season)
There are soooo many ways my family enjoys this vegetable, but
because I'm cutting back on
cooking, I'll simply blanch the flowerets and add them to a tossed salad, along with the cherry
tomatoes, croutons and a mustard vinaigrette.
Also,
because this salsa is blended, there won't be any of those big chunks of
cooked tomato that are often found in jarred salsas.
This is a game of patience
because potatoes take forever to
cook, so that's why I do them while the
tomatoes are roasting.
We eat spaghetti with «meat sauce» (basically:
cook an onion and some ground beef, drain,
cook some garlic & red pepper flakes in the leftover fat, add a jar or two of
tomato sauce — we like Classico
because it's not sweet — toss in parmesan and Italian seasoning, and let it
cook while you boil the noodles) «smashed» chicken (what we call chicken that's been beaten flat with my rolling pin and then
cooked in the cast iron pan on really high heat), and homemade pizza pretty much every week.
Couscous and Feta - Stuffed Peppers Adapted from Epicurious Vegetable - oil
cooking spray 1 1/4 cups fat - free chicken or vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out
because I don't like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry
tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons
tomato paste (I only used 2
because 3 seemed like a lot for a strong flavor like
tomato paste) Preheat oven to 350 °F.
The observations about recipe being «too
tomato - y» is
because after the adding the 28 ounces of crushed
tomatoes there is not enough
cook time.
you can even call this recipe a «Rajasthani garlic
tomato chutney» as well
because of the
cooking method I followed here.
This recipe is pretty cool
because it uses fresh
tomatoes and
cooks pasta like risotto, i.e. so that it absorbs all the
tomato - y goodness rather than just being boiled in water.
Chicken, eggplant,
tomatoes, and red onion all get marinated in the same richly spiced coconut milk, then divided onto skewers by ingredient to ensure each is grilled to the optimal doneness — no overcooking the chicken
because you're waiting for the onions to
cook.
Perhaps they are better than chain restaurant enchiladas but not an authentic Mexican restaurant
because enchilada sauce is chili based not
tomato based - perhaps that is why some find the sauce sweet
because authentic Mexican
cooking will use Mexican chocolate which isn't that sweet not sugar -
tomatoes with natural sugar and additional sugar will make the dish sweet for those with sophisticated traditional Mexican palates.
Sun dried
tomatoes are great for
cooking, but better watch out
because you may eat all these moist and soft
tomatoes as soon as you open up the package!
One thing to note —
because the
tomatoes are just mixed in with the hot pasta and
cooking water, they don't actually get
cooked.
You could also buy yellow
tomatoes, which have one of the lowest amounts of acid of all
tomato varieties, or opt to consume
tomatoes cooked instead of raw,
because the process of
cooking reduces the acidity level.
Tomatoes:
Cooked ones, in particular, can aid in mood control
because they're rich in lycopene, which fights inflammation that can stress your body out.
Cooking may actually increase the health benefits of this lush fruit because although cooked tomatoes have less vitamin C, their lycopene is more available and antioxidant activity is undiminished by c
Cooking may actually increase the health benefits of this lush fruit
because although
cooked tomatoes have less vitamin C, their lycopene is more available and antioxidant activity is undiminished by
cookingcooking.
Couscous and Feta - Stuffed Peppers Adapted from Epicurious Vegetable - oil
cooking spray 1 1/4 cups fat - free chicken or vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out
because I don't like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry
tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons
tomato paste (I only used 2
because 3 seemed like a lot for a strong flavor like
tomato paste) Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Cooked tomatoes are actually higher in bioavailable lycopene
because processing
tomatoes reduces water content and thus increases the concentration of the phytochemical.
8 ounces of elbow macaroni (check your box,
because mine was 12 ounces), or your favorite shaped pasta 2 ounces of sundried
tomatoes (if dried: soak in hot water till tender, and slice; but you may find them chopped in oil, which is delicious and with no need to soak) Fresh diced onion to taste, sauteed in olive oil, or I used dried minced onion 1 clove of garlic, chopped (I always buy the jarred chopped garlic from the produce section) 1 pound of ground beef, browned (I
cook mine in bulk ahead of time in the crockpot) 12 ounces of
tomato sauce (if you have leftover pasta sauce, I would use that) 1 teaspoon of dried basil Salt and pepper to taste
Cooked tomatoes are actually a better source than raw
because the process releases the lycopene from cells.
Some foods which contain carotenoids or lycopene (orange vegetables and
tomatoes) actually become healthier during the
cooking process
because the heat breaks down the cell wall and allows the nutrients in the plant to become more bioavailable and easier to absorb by our bodies.
Creamy Carrot,
Tomato, and Red Lentil Soup is an excellent recipe to start with
because it's made from pure whole food and slow -
cooked which allows the flavors of real foods to develop naturally and gently instead of harshly and artificially as processed ingredients and fried or high - heat techniques can sometimes create.
SOO into
tomatoes right now as well... currently have
tomato soup in the slow
cooker because I'm choosing to ignore the 95 degree weather with 200 % humidity in Alabama right now... I need to make this pasta — beautiful as always!!