TOMATO PASTE HACK

I would get frustrated every time I ran into a recipe that required tomato paste. Your average recipe requires 2 Tbsp of tomato paste and the can contains at least 5 to 6 Tbsps, and I would inevitably end up wasting half the can. Then I found tomato powder.

You can find tomato powder at these awesome local spots: https://www.360flavorandspice.com in Geneva Illinois or The Spice House in Chicago Illinois. The recipe is a very simple 3 to 1 ratio:

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp tomato powder

• 3 Tbsp of water

Directions:

Combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl and mix together thoroughly with either a fork or a whisk until desired consistency is reached. Recipe yields 2 Tbsp of tomato paste. No waste!