green tomatoes

Before our first freeze last week, Bobby reminded me that I need to empty everything out of the garden before the plants died. I knew I would have a handful of this and a handful of that, but I was NOT expecting a bucket and a half of green tomatoes. 

Now I like fried green tomatoes...once or twice a year. They're at treat, and anything beyond that is too much acid for my stomach. So here's two recipes I've tried, and liked, though it's not done a lot for emptying the buckets.

Baked Green Tomatoes
Heat oven to 375.
Slice thick slices of tomatoes and place on cookie sheet.

Top with pieces/cuts of uncooked bacon.
Bake until bacon is mostly cooked.

Add cheddar cheese.
Top with bread crumbs.

Heat until cheese is melted.

I would make this one again!

Green Tomato Soup

chopped onion
chopped potatoes
3 slices of sausage, rolled into small balls
5 medium/large green tomatoes
chicken broth
water
1 T salt

Bring to a boil. Lower to medium and simmer until potatoes are done.

It smelled better than it tasted! Still had the green tomato tang, but Bobby said he'd eat it again. Not bad, but not sure I'd serve it to guests.

Next up to try is green ketchup. The thought of that doesn't appeal to me, but it had very high star ratings on allrecipes.com   So we'll see.