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Tomato Recipes

We would like to collect recipes from our friends to share on the Grainger County Tomato Festival's website. If you have a tasty tomato dish you would like to share with the world please send it to gctomatofestival@gmail.com and be sure to put your name or whom ever the creator of the recipes name with it so credit can be given.

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  Momma Connie's Tomato Zucchini 
2 Grainger County tomatoes Sliced, 1 large Zucchini sliced, 1 medium onion diced, 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, 1 cup Bisquick, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon oregano and 1/2 teaspoon powdered garlic. Combine all ingredients, place in an oiled 2 quart casserole dish. Beat 3 eggs and 1/2 oil, pour over mixture, sprinkle Parmesan cheese and bake at 40 minutes uncovered. 
Connie Allen, South Knoxville TN


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Tomato Sandwich
Simply slice those awesome Grainger County maters, place them on slices of fresh bread with mayo and a touch of salt, and enjoy a tomato at it's best. For extra yummyness you can add cheese or bacon or lettuce or anything you like because tomatoes go with everything.
Wendy Leedy, Grainger County TN


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Aunt Nola's Green Tomato Relish​
4 cups green tomatoes                               1 tbsp celery seed
4 cups onion                                                2 tbls mustard seed
2 cups green peppers                                 1\2 sp tumeric powder   
6 red sweet peppers chopped fine              4 cups apple cidar vinegar 
1 tbsp salt                                                    
6 cups white sugar  
         Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes.

                                             Great Aunt Nola Leedy, Grainger County, TN
                                                



Tomato Cassarole
Use 9x9 pan.
1 onion sliced
2 tomatoes 1/4 inch thick
2 tablespoons olive oil in pan.
Italian seasoning.  
Salt and pepper,

Italian seasoning.  

Salt and pepper,
Italian seasoning.
Olive oil
Parmesan cheese
Optional adds: yellow squash, zucchini, and fresh sliced mushroom too



Use 9x9 pan. Slice onion and 2 tomatoes 1/4 inch thick.  Put 2 tablespoons olive oil in pan. Sprinkle Italian seasoning.  Put later of onion, then layer tomato. Salt and pepper, Italian seasoning. Sprinkle lightly with Olive oil. Layer onion then tomatoes. Salt and pepper and small amount Italian seasoning.  Do as many layers as you want.  Top with light amount olive oil and then cover with Parmesan cheese.  Bake 350 for 40 minutes.
You can use yellow squash in place of tomatoes and have even used zucchini. Added fresh sliced mushroom too.
Marde Soutullo, Madisonville TN

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Tomato Soup Cake

3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 (10.75oz) can Tomato Soup
3/4 cup water
3 cups self-rising flour

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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.  Sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine tomato soup, olive oil, and water.  Mix alternately wet and dry until combined.  Stir in raisins and walnuts.
Pour batter into the Bundt pan or a tube pan (I use small loaf pans).  Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out 
clean.  Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.  Dust with powdered sugar.  Enjoy!

​This recipe was gifted to me from a childhood friend's Mom.  It's a 
definite family favorite!  According to the story behind it, they used 
to make it during the depression when they didn't have much.
     -Mrs BJ Cowan

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Salsa Perfecto

1 cup Love (all perfect recipes begin with this)
8 cups Grainger County tomatoes peeled, chopped, drained
2.5 cups onions chopped
                                              1.5 cups green peppers chopped
                                              1 cup jalapeños (or poblano pepper for                                                       mild salsa) chopped
                                               6 cloves garlic mi
                                             


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​2 tsp. Cumin

​ 2 tsp. Black pepper
1/8 cup canning salt
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup vinegar
1/3 cup cilantro chopped
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
1 can (12 oz) tomato paste
2 tbsp lime juice
Mix all ingredients, slow boil for 10 min, seal in jars, cook in hot water bath for 10 min
Yields 6 pints
Chad LeBlanc, Rutledge, TN.

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Rutledge TN, 37861
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