January 22, 2018

This is Grandma’s Genius Tomato Paste Hack

You’ll never have to scoop and scoop to get all that tomato paste out of the can again.

Awhile back, I had asked my grandmother to come over to teach me how to prepare a certain Syrian recipe. And while I don’t remember what that recipe actually was, I remember this tomato paste hack she showed me.

Since then, I always open cans of tomato paste this way.

Simply open the top of the can using your can opener.

Then, open the bottom of the can and push the bottom up to push the tomato paste out of the can.

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If you’re not using the whole can, that’s ok. You can still use this hack as you’ll need to transfer the remaining tomato paste to a different container anyway.

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Jill Dushey

Jill is a wife, mom of four, and the creator of the Jewish Woman’s Day Planner. Follow her on instagram to see how Jill uses her planner and tries to tame the spills in her kitchen @shaatraclub.

Filed under: Tips & Tricks

Tagged with: food hack, hacks, kitchen hack

5 responses to “This is Grandma’s Genius Tomato Paste Hack”

Nechama

January 22, 2018

Love it! Thanks!

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Sarah

January 22, 2018

Awesome ! I hate scooping and wasting tomato paste

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R

November 14, 2019

I put the rest in a ziplock, freeze it flat. Then you just break of the amount you need!

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1. Cindy
  
  August 25, 2022
  
  Great idea!!!
  
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dkny

October 23, 2022

I use as much as I need from the tomato paste can and I scoop the rest by tablespoons on a smal plastic plate and freeze until solid. When frozen solid, transfer to a small zip bag. Recipes usually call for tomato paste amounts by tablespoons so you just pull as many as you need out of the zip bag. They defrost really quickly, usually fine to just put in whatever pan you are using and stir it around a little until the color turns to the color of bricks and then continue with the recipe.

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