What is it with tomatoes? Does every recipe for summer or healthy eating have to have tomatoes in them? I mean really some of us can't eat them. I can eat them when they are cooked down into a sauce but I can't eat them raw. Most summer recipes include tomatoes and leaving them out when they are the main part of the recipe just doesn't work.
Someone told me to substitute with red peppers but unless you grow red peppers those things are expensive! Like $5/lb expensive. So I won't be using red peppers.
Even when they are cooked I have to be careful how much I eat or I'll suffer later. I'd love to be able to eat tomatoes but I can't and there just don't seem to be many recipes that don't have tomatoes in them. I think cooks like to use them because they add color to their recipes and look good. I know they taste good and are good for you too but it seems like tomatoes are a staple and no one knows what to do if they don't have any. What ever would you do if you have a tomato blight and didn't harvest any or couldn't buy any at the store?
What about the lowly carrot or bean? How come there aren't more recipes that incorporate those? I say we make the carrot the new tomato cause I'm sick to death of looking at all those yummy dishes of food with fresh tomatoes scattered in them and knowing I'm not going to be eating any.
Oh and I just found a great site that wrote about making your own green powder with your greens like kale, beet tops etc. You know all that stuff that no matter how hard you try you just can't eat it all up because of the sheer abundance of them. I'd never thought about making a green powder that you could add to foods or smoothies. Such a great idea. Now all I have to do is buy a food dehydrator. See there's always a catch to all this healthy eating. (sigh)
Someone told me to substitute with red peppers but unless you grow red peppers those things are expensive! Like $5/lb expensive. So I won't be using red peppers.
Even when they are cooked I have to be careful how much I eat or I'll suffer later. I'd love to be able to eat tomatoes but I can't and there just don't seem to be many recipes that don't have tomatoes in them. I think cooks like to use them because they add color to their recipes and look good. I know they taste good and are good for you too but it seems like tomatoes are a staple and no one knows what to do if they don't have any. What ever would you do if you have a tomato blight and didn't harvest any or couldn't buy any at the store?
What about the lowly carrot or bean? How come there aren't more recipes that incorporate those? I say we make the carrot the new tomato cause I'm sick to death of looking at all those yummy dishes of food with fresh tomatoes scattered in them and knowing I'm not going to be eating any.
Oh and I just found a great site that wrote about making your own green powder with your greens like kale, beet tops etc. You know all that stuff that no matter how hard you try you just can't eat it all up because of the sheer abundance of them. I'd never thought about making a green powder that you could add to foods or smoothies. Such a great idea. Now all I have to do is buy a food dehydrator. See there's always a catch to all this healthy eating. (sigh)
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Man, -39C, is that even possible? Now that is cold. You must love those extreme temps.