Hello everyone! I've been M.I.A. for a long time from my little blog here and I have no excuse. **grins sheepishly** I'm so sorry.
If you're like me, you'll be glad to know this little tidbit. You see, I never really fully understood the difference between stewed tomatoes and canned tomatoes. I just figured a tomato is a tomato, right? Well, apparently I was wrong. I'm pretty sure this would explain why some of the recipes I try only turn out so-so while all the reviewers a raving about the dish. Hmmmm.........
I found an awesome tip today for substituting stewed tomatoes in a recipe with our home canned tomatoes here, this was my "Aha!" moment. LOL. Yes, sometimes I am a bit slow.
Alas, I could not pin said tip to Pinterest from there for some reason, so I found this beautiful photo online (just for reference because I am currently out of fresh home canned tomatoes so I could not take my own photo). :( Fortunately, Spring is coming so tomatoes will soon be bountiful once again. Yayy!!
Anyway, so here's the tip:
Taste of Home Test Kitchen Editors say that typically, stewed tomatoes contain celery, onion, green pepper, sugar and salt. As a substitute for each 14 1/2 oz. can of stewed tomatoes, try adding the following amounts for each 14 1/2 oz. quantity of home canned tomatoes used to duplicate the flavor of stewed tomatoes:
3 Tbsp finely chopped celery
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion
1 Tbsp finely chopped green bell pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
There ya have it folks, adding a few more "from scratch" ingredients to your home canned tomatoes practically creates a whole new use for them. I hope everyone finds this tip as helpful as I did. Have a wonderful day.
If you're like me, you'll be glad to know this little tidbit. You see, I never really fully understood the difference between stewed tomatoes and canned tomatoes. I just figured a tomato is a tomato, right? Well, apparently I was wrong. I'm pretty sure this would explain why some of the recipes I try only turn out so-so while all the reviewers a raving about the dish. Hmmmm.........
I found an awesome tip today for substituting stewed tomatoes in a recipe with our home canned tomatoes here, this was my "Aha!" moment. LOL. Yes, sometimes I am a bit slow.
Alas, I could not pin said tip to Pinterest from there for some reason, so I found this beautiful photo online (just for reference because I am currently out of fresh home canned tomatoes so I could not take my own photo). :( Fortunately, Spring is coming so tomatoes will soon be bountiful once again. Yayy!!
Anyway, so here's the tip:
Taste of Home Test Kitchen Editors say that typically, stewed tomatoes contain celery, onion, green pepper, sugar and salt. As a substitute for each 14 1/2 oz. can of stewed tomatoes, try adding the following amounts for each 14 1/2 oz. quantity of home canned tomatoes used to duplicate the flavor of stewed tomatoes:
3 Tbsp finely chopped celery
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion
1 Tbsp finely chopped green bell pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
There ya have it folks, adding a few more "from scratch" ingredients to your home canned tomatoes practically creates a whole new use for them. I hope everyone finds this tip as helpful as I did. Have a wonderful day.
