Tomato gardening season is nearing an end for us, as the threat of the first frost is appearing in the ten-day forecast. This means it's time for us to pick all of our tomatoes before the frost ruins them.
What are some fun things to do with green tomatoes?
Let them ripen inside. Sitting them on the window sill to ripen works well. You can also put them in paper bags to let them ripen...but we've also forgotten about them this way, and wound up with a bag of nasty, rotten tomatoes that had to be composted.
Make salsa. This green tomato salsa verde will use up a lot of green tomatoes. You could can it, too!
Make chutney. We made this amazing green tomato chutney last night (pictured right) and dipped Trader Joe's garlic naan in it. Fantastic! ... read more