Tired of looking at green tomatoes and not being able to use them!

I am not sure why but my tomatoes are not ripening as fast as what I would like them to this year-I have yet to have one red tomato out of my garden! So yesterday being an off again on again rainy day I decided I needed to come up with a recipe to use a few green tomatoes!

Saturday night we had beef fajita's with black beans and rice-so this was the start-I was going to make enchilada's with the leftovers-I created this sauce to top the enchilada's!

Green Tomato Enchilada Sauce

4 medium green tomatoes
1 medium onion sliced thin
2/3 each of red, yellow or orange bell peppers sliced thin
2 jalapeno’s
3 large garlic cloves smashed and skins removed
1 Tbsp fajita seasoning
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
½ to ¾ cup water enough to make sauce the consistency that you want
2 Tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Variety of fresh herbs totaling 3 Tbsp chopped (chives, parsley, cilantro is what I used)
Heat oil in pan until hot throw in peppers and onions. Saute until browned-another way to achieve this is grill the veggies with the fajita seasoning on them. Once peppers and onions have browned you can add the green tomatoes that have been chunked along with the garlic. Continue to sauté this mixture until the tomatoes start to soften. Once this happens you can add in the cumin, fajita and chili powder along with some salt and pepper.
After the tomatoes have cooked for about 15 minutes you will want to add a little water and cover the pot for about 5 minutes-at this point check the tomatoes and see how soft they are. If they are soft enough to blend then you are done cooking-if not continue to cook until they are soft enough.
Just before blending the veggies add the fresh herbs-blend until sauce is smooth.

This sauce could be used to top any type of enchilada's or even pasta-it is an awesome way to use green tomatoes now if you are anxious for them to ripen or later when you have had your fill of tomatoes and it seems like the ones left on the vine will never ripen!

Enjoy