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Posts tagged “green tomatoes”

Indulgence: Fried Green Tomato Sandwich

I picked up some late-harvest unripe green tomatoes at the farmer's market, and made fried green tomatoes. Then I stacked them up between bread, lettuce, red onion, and mayonnaise in a delicious sand...

Quick Tip: How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

Though it's getting cold and blustery outside, we've still been seeing plenty of green tomatoes at the farmer's markets! If green tomatoes aren't your thing or you really have your heart set on one la...

Recipe: Fresh Garden Vegetable Pickles

I had a glut of green tomatoes from my garden that would never turn red because the days are getting shorter and cooler, and the fog has been rolling in more often. So, I decided to pickle them....

What Can You Do With Green Tomatoes?

Tomatoes can keep producing fruit well into fall, but they need temperatures of 75 degrees or more in order to reach full growth and optimum ripeness. Therefore, most tomatoes that start growing in t...

Recipe Recommendation: Fried Green Tomatoes

I grew up in Florida and Georgia. Now I live in California, where some things related to Southern cooking are hard to find. Unripe green tomatoes for frying aren’t sold in the supermarkets; to obtai...