08/09/2026
This Flashfood App haul was such great value. I started with $6 worth of tomatoes and turned them into a whole lot of food. 🍅
I cut the tomatoes and saved the tops, then boiled down the tomatoes, blended them, and pressure canned six pints of tomato sauce. I had more space available in pantry than in my freezer, so preserving them this way made the most sense for me.
I also dehydrated the tomato tops and blended them into a powder that I can use to boost soups, sauces, and other meals. I had some parsley leftover from a previous Flashfood box, so I dehydrated that too and blended it with the tomato tops. Nothing wasted! I don’t even bother remove stems, it all dries and blends down.
I used some of the tomatoes to make tomato soup and added roasted garlic. I got 3 bulbs of garlic for just $0.50! I barely put a dent in them. I strained and blended the soup, and I like adding a little baking soda to my tomato soup to help neutralize some of the acidity.
My finds were:
🍅 Tomatoes — $6.00
🥩 4 pork chops — $7.46
🧀 Halloumi — $2.00
🥒 Cucumber — $1.00
🥖 Baguette — $0.50
🧄Garlic — $0.50
For the supper soup we used what was left of the tomatoes after canning, two pork chops, one pack of halloumi, some of the cucumber, and some of baguette. We didn’t finish the baguette, so I let it dry out and blended it into breadcrumbs to use another day.
So much food from ingredients that were inexpensive, on their way out, and were able to be rescued.
This supper came out to about $7 or $1.75 per person for our family of four.
