Cooking Fresh Food - breaking the jar/can/bottle habit...

[Danni]

would love some advice on what to do with the last stash of cherry tomatoes we have. I had to pull them off the vine still green. They have been sitting in the window sill for about 4 weeks and som hav an orange tinge, and thats about it. Some have even gone rotten so I better do something with them quickly

If I cook them, will they taste like normal tomatoes?

[LimeSlice]

Mabello - try putting the in a bag with a banana...It may help them ripen a little, may not at this stage.
You could try making a green tomato chutney from them...

[Astrid]

Just waiting for our veggie patch to take off. We are getting lettuce at the moment, but not much else. Ooh and we now have chickens! So I am always looking at ways to use eggs.

I admit to still have the odd jar of ready made stuff on the shelf, it has come in handy for back-ups, but that should reduce as we will have a heap more homegrown food that will require preserving in some way.

It is intersting with the baking, I noticed that my eldest does not ask to buy biscuits from the supermarket, but she does put in requests for what I am to bake next.

[christy]

Vege frittata is always a good way of getting rid of eggs!!! If you have a friend who is crafty and does stuff you want, you can always exchange eggs for stuff I do that with a friend who helps me with sewing stuff... I give her 12 eggs a month.

[Astrid]

Been hoping to find someone willing to buy the excess, but most people have their own chooks here, or know someone who they already get them off. So I sometimes give them away. I find that giving away any of our excess produce often means something else will come our way later on

[sunshine_sieben]

Ways to use eggs:
Make your own custard - yummy
Spinach & Sheepsmilk Feta Filo pastry Pie
Quiche of course
Mayo
You can always add an egg yolk to Semolina cooked in milk for breakfast
Eggwhites can be beaten with a little water and added in a thin stream to soup (thinking Chicken & Sweet corn Soup)
I love adding hard boiled egg to potato salad
Sorry, can't really think of too much right now
Farmer's Breakfast: Fry off all the veges that you need to get rid off in a pan, some salt and pepper, maybe some herbs, then crack a few eggs over it and stir. it's easy, cheap and very yummy. You can add some bacon pieces for some extra ooomph.
You can add chopped omelette to stir-frys
Sorry, you have probably thought of all of those things already...

[Astrid]

Farmer's Breakfast: Fry off all the veges that you need to get rid off in a pan, some salt and pepper, maybe some herbs, then crack a few eggs over it and stir. it's easy, cheap and very yummy. You can add some bacon pieces for some extra ooomph.

I often do that one for lunch Thanks for the suggestions. I do love a home mayo.