Category Archives: Tomatoes-Tomatillos

Instant Pot Chicken Chile Verde

Pretty much every Colorado Native, most Transplants and every Red Wagon CSA member and employee I know has Green Chile running through their veins. We eat it on, and with everything! There is no wrong or right way to make … Continue reading

Posted in 2025, Peppers Roasted, Recipes, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | 1 Comment

Roasted Green Chile Tomatillo Pozole

This is a great meal using either roasted poblano or Anaheim chiles. Pozole is a traditional Mexican stew made with homily, red or green chiles, some sort of protein-traditionally pork but chicken or beans are easily substituted. Topping pozole with … Continue reading

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Freezing Whole Tomatoes and Tomatillos

Just a quick post to let you know that you you don’t have to make sauce or peel and prepare tomatoes or tomatillos for later use. You can easily freeze pop your whole tomatoes or tomatillos and it couldn’t be … Continue reading

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5 minute Tomatillo Peach Salsa

Salsa is basically salad, right? This is a very very basic raw salsa that comes together in less then 5 minutes and can be endlessly adapted  to whatever you have or are serving. Start with this basic recipe. The flavors … Continue reading

Posted in 2023, Recipes, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on 5 minute Tomatillo Peach Salsa

Tomato Egg Drop Soup

This is a fast, easy to adapt dish that can pull anything you are having for dinner together. I like it with rice or any grain to make it into a meal. I also like to throw any leftover vegetable … Continue reading

Posted in 2020, Recipes, Soups, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on Tomato Egg Drop Soup

Marcella Hazan’s Famous Tomato Sauce

Tomatoes are full on. I have been eating, canning, and drying tomatoes for the last couple of weekends. I love Marcella Hazen’s super popular tomato sauce recipe, I usually make it in the winter with tomatoes I canned in the summer. I … Continue reading

Posted in 2019, Recipes, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | 2 Comments

Let’s talk about Tomatillos and make some salsa.

I have several people at pick-up ask me what to do with tomatillos. I tell them, anything you can do with a tomato you can do with a tomatillo. Preparing them is a little different than a tomato (tomatillos have … Continue reading

Posted in 2019, Recipes, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on Let’s talk about Tomatillos and make some salsa.

Brown Butter Tomatoes and Corn

Last year a CSA member (hi Merrill!) told me she made a dish that knocked her socks off, it was just tomatoes and brown butter. I thought about it a few times and never made it until yesterday. Oh, my. … Continue reading

Posted in 2018, Recipes, Salads-Spring-Summer, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on Brown Butter Tomatoes and Corn

Water-mule cocktail, and Corn Tomato Salad.

Happy Labor Day. I wanted to share a couple things I made this weekend with the CSA bounty we got last week. My favorite thing to do with watermelons is to juice them and make cocktails. Last year I posted … Continue reading

Posted in 2017, Corn, Farm, Melon, Newsletter, Recipes, Salads-Spring-Summer, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on Water-mule cocktail, and Corn Tomato Salad.

Braised Collard Greens with Tomatoes

You can quickly saute collards like you do kale and chard, but I think collards really shine when they are braised. Braising breaks down the collards and makes them silky. I love the taste and texture of braised collards served … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, Collards, Recipes, Tomatoes-Tomatillos | Comments Off on Braised Collard Greens with Tomatoes