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Tomatoes!
We love tomatoes, maybe you do too? That's pretty much the inspiration for dedicating an entire section of our Organic Gardening feature to a single food. Delicious, cancer-fighting (and otherwise nutritious), and incredibly versatile, we cover how to grow them and how to use them in recipes or even as skincare. We want to pull tomatoes apart from the cornucopia of delicious garden-fresh produce and give them a Planet Green shout-out. Stay tuned for an opportunity to submit your own tomato-inspired haikus.
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How to Ripen Green Tomatoes
Here's what you can do if you have green tomatoes and the forecast calls for frost.
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A Fantastic Fall Appetizer: Tomato Jam
An unusual and delicious savoury jam that you can use in a variety of ways. The thing I liked best was an appetizer I made of crostini with a slice of brie and a spoonful of homemade tomato jam. The crispiness of the crostini with the creaminess of the cheese (you could use goat cheese, too) and the deep, luscious flavour of the jam was addictive.
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How to Save Tomato Seeds
Saving tomato seeds to plant in your garden next year is a very simple process. Here's how to do it.
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Try a New Vegetable: Heirloom Tomatoes with Couscous and Peas
I realize that tomatoes are hardly a new vegetable for people, but have you ever tried the heirloom tomatoes) that are making a resurgence at farmers' markets? They come in all colours, shapes and sizes and many don't look like tomatoes at all. Some of them are beautiful to look at and some of them are downright homely, but they have amazing flavours. Some of them are so sweet you can pop them in your mouth as though they were strawberries.
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Grow Your Own Vegetables: The Season Finale—Tomatoes
I learned a lot from my little urban experiment this summer and I'm going to try again next year (you can tell I'm a true gardener) hopefully with better results. Here are some of my vegetable garden resolutions.
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Heirloom Tomatoes and You
The memories of a ripe summer tomato, still warm from the garden, sliced fresh on a plate with a dash of salt...heaven. And such a far cry from the pale-inside and disappointingly flavorless impostors that too often fill these days in for the idea of a real tomato. Whether au naturale on a plate or chopped up in a salsa, no tomato recipe can please if the tomato itself is a dud.
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Tan with Tomatoes?
I recently read Sara Novak's post on how to make your own suntan lotion. And I was all like, "This is a good and popular post. I'd better write something similar in the hopes that it also becomes popular." What I lack in originality, I make up for in cunning.
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Edible Skincare: Fresh Tomato Skin Cleanser
Tis the season of the tomato: Plump, juicy sacs, in a myriad of ripening red and orange hues, are melting off their vines ready to be crunched, savored, and simmered.Just be sure to test the inside of your arm with a dab of the mixture first to make sure you don't have an allergic reaction.Ingredients 1 medium very ripe
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5 Surprisingly Effective All-Natural Aphrodisiacs (That You Probably Have in Your Kitchen)
Forget the alcohol, Spanish Fly, Viagra, and other unmentionable sex enhancers, the most passionate aphrodisiacs are only a supermarket away. And we aren't talking about specialty items. The stuff we're talking about is common natural products that you probably already have in your refrigerator. And if you don't...then it's time to go grocery shopping, because you're going to love what these foods can do for your sex life.
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Emeril's Basic Tomato Sauce (Video)
Emeril Lagasse's recipe for basic tomato sauce from the Best of Basics episode of Emeril Green.
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Make a Winter Soup of the Week with Summer Ingredients
Mark Bittman and I must be channeling the same culinary brainwaves. Some Parmesan cheese or some garlicky croutons would be a nice addition, too.Wintertime Tomato SoupYields 4 servings 1 28- or 35-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil1 tbs fresh thyme leaves, optional1 tbs minced garlic1 medium...
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Caramelized Onion, Tomato and Goat Cheese Tart
Try this recipe for caramelized onion, tomato and goat cheese tart from chef Akasha Richmond
