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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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 Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 3:05:51 PM
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| we planted 3 cherry tomatoe plants this year, not knowing they would produce so well. so now i have more than i can use... any suggestions for yummy recipes including cherry tomatoes? |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 3:15:48 PM
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Yummy! My cherry tomatoes did not do as well as usual this year. I think it is due to the fact that we tried to do them in containers. I really love them just plain but I had planned on drying some this year as I spend a small fortune on sundried tomatoes each month and I thought it would be fun to try making my own. Once they were dried I was going to try storing them in some olive oil with italian herbs. I also love soaking fresh cherry tomatoes in a bit of balsamic vinegar and then eating them with some fresh mozzerella cheese and fresh baked bread.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
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jinia
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
jinia
mo
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 3:16:43 PM
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YUM..toss them with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast at 400ish. Roast until they have burst and deflated. My favorite grown up grilled cheese is to toast a crusty bread, top with goat cheese, basil, and lastly roasted tomatoes . Hot or cold it is amazing!!. Another favorite is to roast with other veggies and toss with a hardy pasta like penne' topped with parmesean..Now I am hungry..Have fun! |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 3:57:01 PM
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| christina, how do you sun-dry them? and both your recipes sound absolutely delicious! i can't wait to try them! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 4:15:22 PM
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Make salsa!!! They are sweet and yummy and work just great in salsa..I do it all the time. Seems like the cherry tomato plants always produce the best. I have got to where I only plant one yellow pear and one regular cherry along with LOTS of regular size ones..I still end up with alot of extra cherries!!
Jenny in Utah
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Kris Sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
Kris
Chickamauga
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 7:40:16 PM
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I did some sun-dried tomatoes a few months ago and put them in jars with EVOO and herbs, too. I had no idea they wouldn't last on the shelf, though. I just assumed that if they were in a jar with EVOO they would be preserved. NOT!!!! I guess they need to be refrigerated asap. I started smelling something horrid a few days later and realized it was my tomatoes. So how would you process them if you wanted to keep them indefinetely? Just refrigerate?
The mozzerella and Italian is good, too.
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doglady
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Tina
Howard
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2008 : 08:26:16 AM
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Believe it or not, I actually canned up some in pints (I think I need to get out more). I might use these with macaroni and tomatoes. I do like to make this fresh salad: wash and cut cherry tomatoes in half, add 3-4 T. olive oil, 2 T. White vinegar, fresh garlic and onion chopped, black olives sliced, feta cheese (however much you want), add whatever spices that you like and chill for an hour. Yum
Tina
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Edited by - doglady on Sep 22 2008 08:27:33 AM |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Sep 22 2008 : 11:46:54 AM
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I freeze mine! I have a whole box in the freezer and use them in my pasta sauce, yumm
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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my new BLOG.
I have added "new" creations, take a look :)
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 07:07:35 AM
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Kris, i'm surprised and wonder if the tomotaoes weren't fully dried. I dry cherry tomatoe adn have seen it in several of the magazines talked about here. Cool dark place is needed too.
For a recipe, half the tomatoes with some chard or Kale and fry with olive oil. It was just lovely and I got greens!
Best Growing |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2008 : 09:46:02 AM
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You can sun dry the tomatoes on a screen outside in the sun. That way the air can circulate around them while they dry. I have found it much easier though to just dry them in my oven. I lay them on a jerky screen on top of a jelly roll pan. The humididty here in Nebraska makes doing them in the sun an almost impossible feat. Plus, all the critters try to eat them before I can. Then I use foodsaver to store them in once they are all cooled and dry.
When I put them in the olive oil and seasonings I only do a small batch at a time because without proper processing they won't last. I am just a beginning canner so I don't know how to preserve them correctly yet.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
http://justacitychick.blogspot.com/
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
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