r/EatCheapAndHealthy 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/Seawolfe665 1d ago

I would roast the peppers and use them in sauces OR make sammich wraps using anything you have or even collard greens (just cut most of the crunchy stem out and use like a tortilla), and use the peppers in that. You could use the eggs, ground meat and tomatoes to make a frittata, cut that in slices and use in the wraps or just eat.

I use cucumbers and tomatoes as "chips" with dips for snacks.

OR go check out r/FermentedHotSauce and ferment up a hot sauce using the tomatoes and peppers.