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Ah, summertime!
Summer is the time where there is an abundance of tropical delights, from pineapples, bananas, mangoes, apricots, avocados, and tomatoes!
Dear writer, are you sure? Why would you include tomatoes in the list of summer fruits that are tasty and delightful? Well, first and foremost, tomatoes may not be your typical fruit but it is a fruit!
Tomato is a fruit rich in vital nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants that are well known by a tomato eater and chances are whether it’s a summer season in your country or it’s always sunny weather in your country, rest assured that tomatoes will be bountiful and leftovers would be expected.
If it just so happens that you have extra tomatoes at home in the tomato season chances are you might be getting a lot of leftover tomatoes that can go to waste.
So what do you do with the leftover tomatoes? Here in this article, we present some of the most valuable things you can do with your leftover tomatoes and you will be surprised how great these bright red round squishy bombs!
1. Create a tomato face mask and Cleanser!
Tomato face masks are a great way to rejuvenate, clear up the skin from dirt and dead skin cells that causes acne, and gives you a more glowing complexion.
Tomato extracts are rich in salicylic acid, a type of Beta-hydroxy acid that unclogs the pores from oil, dirt, and bacteria, lycopene, and vitamin C concentration found from the tomato pulp help in rejuvenating fine lines and wrinkles.
You can mix tomato juice concentrate along with oatmeal powder, honey, and lemon, and you will see great outcomes from using a natural skincare mask that is inexpensive and useful, you don’t have to go to the spa to achieve smooth and clear skin, using tomato mask is enough.
Tomato juice and paste can also be made into a facial cleanser, mix tomato juice concentrate with your facial cleanser to an equal amount in a bottle, it will do great on your skin!
2. Make Sun-dried tomatoes!
Sun-dried tomatoes are a delicious tangy nutritious snack that is easy to do, you can just use the sun to dry up the tomatoes or put it in a parchment paper mixing it with olive oil, salt, and spices to be put up in the oven for six to eight hours.
These snacks may be unusual but they are an incredibly great snack to eat as it is high in antioxidants which can have anti-inflammatory effects on the body.
3. Mix it with your salad!
No, seriously over-ripe tomatoes are an essential go-to fruit that can be added with vegan, vegetarian and pescetarian salads.
It can add some color to the greenery salad that you’re eating and not only that you are doubling up the number of antioxidants that can help your body fight free radicals, way to go with healthy living!
4. Use many tomatoes as you want with Grilled bruschetta and other delicious food!
The Grilled bruschetta is a classic baguette toast full of garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, herbs and of course tomatoes, they can be mouth-watering deliciously adventurous food that can fill up your empty stomachs happy and healthy.
You can also try grilling it alone, stuffing it in a fish of your choice and then frying it, putting it into your sandwiches along with leafy greens, making a soup made with tomatoes or just put in your salsa, it is delicious and cheap!
Tomatoes are great to be added into your foods, so if you have a lot of it at home, try incorporating it into your diet more, remember health is wealth!
5. Use tomato paste for various cook recipes such as spaghetti and pizza!
Most of the spaghetti and pizza sauce found in the market can be loaded with unknown additives and chemicals that may not be good for your health in the long run.
You can also make the tomato sauce more valuable by making it into homemade ketchup, Keeping it fresh and natural just like the tomato sauce you are putting into your spaghetti, dough and other foods can be essential in keeping you healthy.
6. Make money by selling them!
If you have a bountiful of tomatoes that are becoming ripe and you might have no time to use or eat it in any way, you could always go to the neighborhood local market and sell them, not only you are profiting money but you are also making sure that no food goes to waste, It is a win-win situation to you and Mother Nature!
7. Use them as fertilizers!
If you are into gardening, squishing those tomatoes and putting it into the garden soil can be beneficial as it adds nutrients and moisture to make the soil loam making it more suitable for plant growth and development.
They are natural gardening tools that are easy to use and implement in soil fertilizing, especially if you have too much of them, it can be an essential thing to do for those squishy tomatoes to not go into waste.
8. Eat them whole!
Seriously, technically when someone asks you what to do with the leftovers? you eat them, they are delicious foods on their own and even if you don’t like the taste, rest assured that your body is thanking you for eating a lot of it.
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