adapting recipes to tomato free?

[Guest guest]

I hope it is alright to ask about this. Carolyn mentioned not eating tomatoes

which I also can't tolerate. I'm wondering if anyone has experience substituting

for the smaller amounts of tomatoes that frequently are called for in recipes.

They are so ubiquitous! I can simply give up on tomato sauces but surely some

things are easy to just substitute?

 

Martha

 

 

[Guest guest]

Of course it's okay to ask!

 

How about roasted red peppers?

 

Pam

 

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Martha Bickford <msew wrote:

 

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> I hope it is alright to ask about this. Carolyn mentioned not eating

> tomatoes which I also can't tolerate. I'm wondering if anyone has experience

> substituting for the smaller amounts of tomatoes that frequently are called

> for in recipes. They are so ubiquitous! I can simply give up on tomato

> sauces but surely some things are easy to just substitute?

>

> Martha

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>

[Guest guest]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Martha Bickford <msew wrote:

 

> I'm wondering if anyone has experience substituting for the smaller

> amounts of tomatoes that frequently are called for in recipes.

>

 

So far, I've been focusing on finding substitutes that provides the " zing "

that tomatoes give a dish.

 

* Soups: Add some mustard greens, which provide a slightly bitter flavor.

* GF pasta or rice dishes: A little apple cider vinegar to give it some

punch.

* A little cayenne or cinnamon can give dishes some zing.

* Lemon or other citrus is good, too.

 

As for spaghetti sauce, I don't even try to replicate it. Instead, I just

make pesto sauce, or maybe go with oil and spices.

 

I'm looking forward to reading other responses. Good question.

 

 

Carolyn