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Nifty Trick: Tomato Paste

March 16, 2010 by Amy 5 Comments

I’m going to start featuring some nifty tricks that I’ve learned in the kitchen to save money and time.

One of the things with cooking is a lot of recipes call for a little bit of this, when the smallest can isn’t so little. I feel horrible wasting food, so I try to save food, even if it’s, in this case, a few ounces of tomato paste.

I know there are tubes of tomato paste out there, but why spend $3 on a small tube when you can buy a small can for less than 50 cents!

A recipe I made for crawfish pie called for 1 tbsp. of tomato paste, so I had a lot of paste leftover, which I know I would eventually use for other recipes.

So, I took the rest of the can, and scooped out tablespoon portions on top of an inside-out freezer bag.

tomatopaste

After you do that, pop the bag in the freezer for a couple of hours so the tablespoon shapes set, and then flip the bag inside out again (so it is able to zip) and freeze until you need them! Nifty, right?

If you have some nifty tricks to share, please feel free to comment and share! I might even feature your nifty trick!! 🙂

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  1. Lauren C says

    March 16, 2010 at 11:04 am

    What a great trick! Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to see more.

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  2. CaitStClair says

    March 16, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Clever! I’m definitely going to do this! I’ve been wanting to make pesto “ice cubes” but haven’t gotten my hands on fresh basil yet.

    Reply
  3. angie says

    March 16, 2010 at 11:16 am

    I’ve been starting to freeze a lot more in individual portions like this, but never really thought about tomato paste. I also love the idea of freezing ON an inside out freezer bag – less waste since I always use wax paper.

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  4. Sara says

    March 17, 2010 at 7:24 am

    Genius! Why haven’t I thought of this one? Thanks for the tip!

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  5. Kate says

    May 29, 2011 at 2:54 am

    Genius! I love this idea. My boyfriend and I have been trying the once a month cooking and these open tins always go bad before i always found it so wasteful. Now I can save money and food. Thank you!

    By the way have you thought of saving stock in ice cube trays? I’ve found that to be very helpful too.

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