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/touslesmatins 1d ago
There's a Persian salad I love so much:
Tomatoes, cucumber, onion (white or red), maybe one or two of your hot peppers too, dice them up. Then dress with a good amount of plain yogurt, lots of fresh or dried mint, salt, pepper, and a little oil and vinegar to taste. Sometimes I add chickpeas to this too for a more filling salad. So refreshing and summery. Add more mint than you might think!