Step 1 - grow or purchase green tomatoes

Recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes…

a tasty Southern treat enjoyed everywhere

Ingredients

4 – 6 Green Tomatoes

Salt and Pepper to taste

Cornmeal (or flour)

1/4 Cup vegetable oil

Step 1 – Grow or purchase green tomatoes. In the fall, before the frost, they are widely available.

Step 2 – Slice tomatoes into 1/4 – 1/2 inch thick slices

Step 3 – Salt and pepper to taste

Step 4 – Dredge in cornmeal

Step 5 – Fry on medium heat about 3 minutes ; carefully turn and cook other side for about 3 minutes

Step 3 – Salt and Pepper to Taste

Step 4 – Dredge in Cornmeal

Step -5 – Fry ‘em up

Yum – Enjoy!

Fried Green Tomatoes is a Southern treat and staple.  In the fall, in particular, with an abundant crop of green tomatoes and frost on the way threatening the crop; frying ‘em up is just the ticket. A tasty treat with any meal, Fried Green Tomatoes will warm your heart and tummies.
Helen  Yoest is a garden writer, speaker and garden coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.