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Ideas please

Hi
I have a fridge full of beef tomatoes, peppers and a large marrow which I can't think what to do with. Anyone any ideas?

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  • Take your tom's out of the fridge they don't need to be in there and they taste a lot better at room temp (in my humble).
    Well you could stuff the old marrow...
    or
    make Ratatouille
    or
    Marrow & ginger Jam (Xmas pressies - eeek did I say that).....
    or
    Chutney
    or
    marrow soup
  • Never thought of marrow soup, brilliant:T
  • Pink.
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    Hi lizzie,

    These threads may give you some ideas:

    TOOOOO Many Tomatoes, Help Please

    recipes needed for peppers

    What to do with marrow

    Pink
  • use the peppers and tomatoes to make a tomato sauce then use it to stuff the marrow with minced beef and sprinkle with cheese.
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  • Vegetable chilli?
  • ChocClare
    ChocClare Posts: 1,475 Forumite
    Many, many years ago (ie when I was about 13) my friend's mum ran a Weight Watchers group and they had a recipe for marrow and tomatoes which was YUM. Our version was probably not as weight watchy as it should have been - after all, I was 13 - 5'6" and weighed 8 and a half stone. Ah, I remember the days, sigh!!! Still 5'6" but sadly no longer anything like as sylph-like...

    Ahem! I digress. This is what you do:
    Peel and deseed your marrow. Cut into rings or half rings or quarters, depending how big it is. Slice your tomatoes. Finely slice a large onion or two. Get a couple of oxo cubes out of the cupboard.

    In a casserole start layering: onion, marrow, tomato, sprinkling of oxo cube; repeat. Pour over a little water (it really doesn't need much) and put the lid on. Bung in a medium oven until it starts to smell nice. Take it out and test to see if the marrow is cooked. You may have to discard some liquid if it has produced a lot, or you may have to baste slightly to mix it all in.

    Now smother in grated cheese and return to the oven until it's all melted and gooey and lovely (this is the non-weight-watchy bit). I am now 47 and can still remember as I type this how good this tasted - and dead simple. A Proustian moment - I might actually have to go and make it now!
  • gizmo111
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    Tomato and roasted red pepper soup.
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