Frank Ferragine on Instagram: "Turning green tomatoes… red 🍅✨ Fall is here and frost is near! Don’t let those green tomatoes go to waste — bring them inside and help them ripen naturally. Here’s the trick: 🍃 Place your green tomatoes in a paper bag 🍌 Add a ripe banana or tomato inside 💨 The ripe fruit releases ethylene gas — a natural plant hormone that speeds up ripening 👀 Check every few days, remove any that are ready, and enjoy fresh, red tomatoes long after frost! Because nothing beats

Claire on Instagram: "Lasagna Soup 🍂🍝 All the cozy layers of lasagna you love — rich sauce, noodles, and that melty ricotta — but made in one pot, in a fraction of the time. Ingredients below — full recipe in my bio! Soup Base: 2 tbsp olive oil 1 lb lean ground beef (or Italian sausage, or a combination of both) 1 yellow onion, finely diced 2 medium carrots, finely diced 3 ribs celery, finely diced 6–8 cloves garlic, minced (to taste) 3 tbsp tomato paste ½ cup dry red wine (optional, but adds

Michelle Knox on Instagram: "This tomato sauce hack has saved me hours and hours of time when canning tomato condiments. I can gallons and gallons of bbq sauce, marinara sauce, and ketchup. The recipes I use for these tomato condiments always ask for a tomato sauce as a base. No hours of cooking down sauce in a steamy kitchen. #Homesteading #HomesteadingSkills #OrganicGardening #RaisedBedGardening #Canning #HomePreservation #GrowYourOwnFood #FoodSecurity #Self-sufficiency #MoreThanFarmers"