Green tomatoes... a glut!

Well, our tomatoes have not ripened due to the hideous weather (investment in a green house for next year is required...) and lack of sun so a mad search for a recipe of what to do with green tomatoes was required. Mr Frugal has just taken the first steps of preparation for this: Green Tomato Chutney. I got him a jam/preserving pan from Lakeland, so he's keen to use it out! He made a small batch last year, which was lovely, but added some chilli flakes. Having grown some chillis of our own this year, we're ensuring that they're not wasted!

Courgettes galore! And then more veg...

The sister-in-law has been to visit this weekend and brought with her a bag full of courgettes from her garden. Very generous obviously, but there are so many that you just can't eat them all before they go off! So, I've been doing some research into what I can actually do to ensure that they're not wasted.

Some ideas that I'm trying to choose between:

Prawn & courgette linguine
Ratatouille - ideal for a glut as you can freeze this
Courgette & Tarragon soup - also able to freeze this. I originally found it in a New Covent Garden soup recipe book.

As for the tomatoes in our garden, I'm still waiting for them to ripen. My fingers are crossed that we may well get at least ONE ripe tomato this year.