We received many emails and calls from people who had their tomato plants freeze over the weekend. Many of you removed the tomatoes before the freeze. If your tomatoes did freeze, they can be cooked and eaten but not re-frozen. If you got them before the freeze, they can be on the counter in the sun or my great-grandmother wrapped them in newspaper to have them ripen. They will not taste like the summer tomato, but will be tastier than buying them from the grocery store. Many think about fried green tomatoes as a recipe, but there are many salsas, chutneys, pies and other dishes that you can make with them. Here are a few.
Green Tomato Chutney
From Simply Recipes
This is a great blog to follow and I have cooked several of her recipes. This one is a good way to make a large batch of chutney and share with friends.
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Pickled Green Tomatoes
From Food in Jars Cookbook
This is a great blog to teach people how to can and preserve food. Good recipes for jams, salsas and these pickled tomatoes. The cookbook came out earlier this year.
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Fried Green Tomatoes with Vinegar Sauce
From Bon Appetit
Here is one of the classic recipes updated with a great sauce.
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Green Tomato Cake
From Beneficial Farms CSA
Here is a recipe that I have made many times and is sweet with the bitterness of green tomatoes. I picked my tomatoes about a month ago for our first freeze and they have all turned to a ripe red color.
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Home Grown New Mexico 