We always talk about fresh, off-the-vine, red tomatoes, but we have a lot of love for the green ones, too.

Pastor Martin Hutchison, founder of the Camden Community Garden in Salisbury shows us his take on fried green tomatoes. He also shows us how to make an simple dish using zucchini. Both recipes are below.

Pastor Martin’s Fried Green Tomatoes

Green Eating Tomatoes

1 egg

Ritz or Club Crackers

Old Bay

Olive Oil

Pick green eating tomatoes

Wash tomatoes

Slice tomatoes across the core

Beat an egg in a bowl

Crush crackers and place in a bowl

Dip sliced tomato in egg and then in crackers

Press the tomato into the crackers (do both sides)

Place on plate

Cover the bottom of a frying pan with olive oil and heat

Once oil is hot, place the cracker crusted tomatoes in the oil and cook until the crackers turn golden

Flip and cook until golden

Set on a plate with paper towels to drain oil

Sprinkle Old Bay lightly on each tomato

Let cool and enjoy!

Pastor Martin’s Zucchini Spears

Small young zucchini

Italian Seasoning

Garlic Salt

Lemon Juice

Parmesan Cheese

Cut the ends off the zucchini and cut into spears of equal size

Dip spears in lemon juice which was poured in a bowl

Lay on greased cookie sheet

Coat spears with Italian Seasoning and Garlic salt (to taste)

Bake in Oven at 350 until the spears stick tender

Coat the spears with parmesan cheese and put under broiler until cheese turns golden

Let cool and Enjoy!