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10 Uses For Tomato Powder

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Tomato Powder

Tomato powder is hands down one of my very favorite products to have in my food storage. I love it because it’s:

  1. Inexpensive — especially when compared to things like tomato powder or tomato sauce
  2. Pure — just 100% tomatoes with no additives or preservatives
  3. Healthy — check out all these heath benefits of tomatoes
  4. Versatile

Tomatoes are a critical ingredient for your food storage pantry and tomato powder gives you even more options for tomato based recipes. Here are TEN ways you can use tomato powder:

1. Homemade tomato sauce

2/3 cup powder + 2 cups water = just a bit more than one 15 oz can

2. Homemade tomato paste

6 T powder + 1/2 cup water = one 6 oz can

3. Tomato juice from scratch

1 cup powder + 8 cups water = one 64 oz bottle

4. Marinara sauce — Use this recipe for homemade or this popular Survival Mom recipe.

Combine together in a large pot:

1 T. freeze dried or fresh onion
4 Cups Water
1/2 Cup tomato powder
1.5 tsp freeze dried parsley
1.5 tsp freeze dried basil
1.5 tsp freeze dried oregano
1.5 tsp freeze dried Italian seasoning
1.5 – 2 tsp salt
1.5 T garlic powder
1/4 Cup brown sugar

Bring to a simmer and cook on Low for an hour.

5. Red meat sauce

Simply add some sausage or ground beef (fresh or freeze dried) to the marinara sauce above. You might also consider mushrooms (fresh or freeze dried) and tomato dices (fresh, canned or freeze dried)

6. Enchilada sauce —

  • 1/3 cup tomato powder
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp cocoa powder
  • 1 T. cumin (adjust to taste)
  • 1 T. chili powder (adjust to taste)
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3-4 cups water
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp freeze dried onions (or use fresh)

Full recipe and instructions here:  Homemade Enchilada Sauce.

Or use tomato powder instead of tomato sauce in the recipe found on Survival Mom here: Stock Your Pantry From Scratch: Enchilada Sauce

7. Tomato soup (just like Campbell’s)

  • 6 tablespoons water plus 4 T flour
  • 1/4 cup water plus 3 T instant milk powder (or 1/4 cup whole milk)
  • 4 1/2 cups water
  • 2/3 cup tomato powder
  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt

See full recipe and instructions here: Copycat Cambell’s tomato soup

8. Spanish rice

Just add a tablespoon or two of tomato powder plus some onion, garlic and a bit of green chili (I use freeze dried) to a pot of regular rice before you cook it. You’ll end up with some yummy Spanish rice.

9. Homemade ketchup

  • 6 T. Tomato powder
  • 1/2 cup water
  • ¼-1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon mustard powder

10. Barbecue sauce

  • 1-1/2 cups Dark Brown Sugar, packed
  • 6 T Tomato Powder
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2-1/2 teaspoons Ground Mustard
  • 2 teaspoons Paprika
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper

 

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  2. Laurie, I had tomato powder open for a year. It still mixed okay. The problem I found was it hardened in the jar it was stored in and I had to scrape off the amount I wanted. Now I have stored it in a plastic bag and it is not getting hard.

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  3. >Inexpensive — especially when compared to things like tomato powder or tomato sauce

    Guessing you meant “tomato paste or tomato sauce”.

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  5. Laurie,

    Cheryl is spot on. It will last for a year or two after opened, but can get hard like brown sugar. Keeping it well sealed solves this problem

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  8. beprepared.com has a group special this month for tomato powder. 12 #10 cans for $16 each. Best price I have ever seen!

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  9. My son bought campbell dry tomato soup just like you see chicken noodle cup a soup in a box. That was 15 years ago. He add them to flour and shake chicken in and fried them. Taste so good. Wonder what happen to campbell tomato soup mix in a box.

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