Here’s where things get weird. Take half of your fresh tomatoes—blend them raw into a liquid. Pour that into your pot of cooked beef and beans. Boom, instant depth. The rest you chop and add later for those juicy pops of fresh tomato. This is the double-tomato trick, and it’ll change your life, or at least your Tuesday dinner.
Warning: do not blend the tomatoes while holding the blender lid loose. I did this. I cleaned red pulp off the ceiling for an hour. My kitchen looked like a crime scene from a vampire soap opera.
