Tomato sauce ratios w/ Rice suggestions / Cooking

[nao57]

I was curious if people here have a recomendation for how much tomato sauce to use for flavoring rice, for rice and tomato dishes?

To explain; I normally use soy sauce. I like sticking to soy sauce. But the economy is more troubled than it used to be. So I thought it would be good to know this since things keep getting worse. I can make tomatoes and tomato plants. I can't make soy sauce.

(Basically using tomato sauce to flavor instead of rice.)

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People also say that butter, milk, and eggs are supposed to get more expensive this year, and have troubled production issues.

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Last year also, over 13,000+ trucking carrier companies failed.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

There's lots of recipes online, you may have to look it up to find what works best for you.

You can definitely use fresh tomato or canned tomato sauce with rice.
Everyone has different taste but consider sauteing up a little garlic and onion with your fresh tomato, add a little broth or water to make a sauce, then use that to top your rice.

If you can grow tomatoes, then how about growing some Oregano, Basil, Garlic, etc. you can dry your herbs for using later, use fresh when in season.

Do you can your produce? Tomatoes can be water bath canned providing you do add an acid like lemon, citric acid or vinegar. Tomatoes can also be pressure canned. They also freeze very well if you have space in your freezer. They can be blanched and chopped, put into clean wide mouth pint mason jars, freezer containers or even zip lock bags.
Whole tomatoes can be frozen too, just wash well, core, then place them whole on a cookie sheet. Freeze them hard, then transfer to a large ziplock. When ready to use, let them thaw just a bit, then peel (the peel will slip right off if you put the frozen tomato in a little warm water), chop/dice and add to your recipe for cooking.

https://www.food.com/recipe/spanish-rice-using-tomato-sauce-182403

If you don't know how to can or process foods, check with your local Agricultural Extension Office or even local community college, a lot of times they have classes for free or at a nominal charge.

Of course, there's many videos on how to can/process foods. The USDA has info on canning as well as many Universities (Example).

I would highly recommend a canning/preserving book. Ball usually produces a book once yearly; you can find those at Walmart with the canning supplies or find it online. Your pressure and/or water bath canner comes with a basic preservation book too.

Hope this helps!