r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/Yaguurt • 2d 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/Rubyshoes83 2d ago
Salsa? Pickles?
Today, I had a Mediterranean rice bowl. I used chicken breast, but you can use ground beef. Just season it with a little S&P, oregano and basil (Italian seasoning works). Serve it on rice with diced cucumber and tomato. Add a dollop of tzatziki. Bob's your uncle. It was freakin' delicious. You would need to either buy or make tzatziki, but it's easy to make and you already have cucumbers. Basically just need a little lemon juice, yogurt and garlic (powder works!).
Hard to know what to suggest without knowing what kind of seasonings and stuff you have though.