Kitchen Day

Hello there!!
Someone should sit me down when I say I have 70 tomato plants in the garden and have a stern chat. Really. 🙂
Anyway, another day in the kitchen to do something with them – trying to make tomato paste for the first time. Its currently in the oven reducing.
After I cooked it on the stove top (with some salt and half cup of oil) I moolied the skin and seeds then put on oven trays

Its going well but I should have stirred it more often as the edges are scorching !!

I also made up a huge pot of cooked tomatoes and veggies as a pasta mix.
I plan to have some for dinner when our friend arrives and freeze the rest for later in winter.

To be honest it hardly made a dint in my tomato collection!
Still… the taste test was pretty good! (Onion, garlic, fresh herbs, heaps of tomatoes, grated zucchini and carrot. And a bit of garlic salt)

Then on to my passionfruit. I tend to stand in the kitchen late at night scooping my way though a couple… mmmm
But some are a bit wrinkled so I wanted to save the pulp in case I want to cook with it later (icing or cordial??)(My friend made passionfruit butter and I am keen to try)

I ate a lot but enough went into the bowl, then into a bag to freeze.
For those not familiar… you crunch your way through the black seeds as well as the pulp! Its fantastic just scooped over ice cream!

Lastly, in the interests of being a good host, I made up a tea cake. But I put apples on top just for something different!!
Smells pretty good in here!
Hope your weekend was full of good food too!

Cheers!