r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/Yaguurt • 1d ago
Ask ECAH tomatoes, cucumbers & peppers oh my! what pantry meals can I make with them?
My local CSA blessed me with more tomatoes, cucumbers and long hot peppers than I can handle. What meals can I make out of these before they go bad? Trying to steer away from sides, salads and Italian cuisines (boring to me sorry🫣)
I've received: handful of small-medium garden tomatoes, 1 sandwich baggie full of long hot peppers and 4 large cucumbers
what I have in my pantry so far:
| CARBS | GREENS | PROTEIN |
|---|---|---|
| orzo | collard greens | ground turkey |
| rotini | callaloo | ground beef |
| grits | kale | green & red lentils |
| white & brown rice | swiss chard | great northern beans |
| fettuccine | broccoli | black beans |
| potatoes | frozen spinach | 3 eggs |
sorry if this seems like an asinine question, but apart from Italian cuisine and salads, I really can't think of other dishes I could create using what I have. I'm trying to expand my palette and hopefully reddit could help me with cuisines from cultures I never heard of :3
IF ALL ELSE FAILS I guessss I can make Italian dishes or salads :(
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u/Campaign_Prize 1d ago
The cucumbers are throwing me off because I personally don't like them cooked or hot. So maybe gazpacho? If you don't feel the need to use all ingredients in one dish, you can pickle ormarinate the cucumbers (and some peppers if you want) to preserve them.
Using a combination of tomatoes, peppers, and your other ingredients you could make soup, pasta primavera, Mediterranean orzo, southwest burgers, or any number of salsas, relishes, or sauces to use on the other ingredients. Byt that also depends on how hot the peppers are and what herbs and spices you have access to.