Alkaline foods to combine with tomatoes

Fred Hempel · August 2, 2016

At this time of year coffee + tomatoes puts me on edge due to their acidity.

Today I cut up a cucumber and put it in my bowl of tomatoes, and immediately wondered if it was alkaline, because of the "balance" I felt as I ate the tomatoes. Normally the tomatoes would put me at the edge of heartburn, but not today.

Sure enough, cucumbers are listed as "alkaline" vegetables.

Does anyone else have their go-to foods to combine with tomatoes to blunt the effect of the acid?

August 2, 2016	#1
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Alkaline foods to combine with tomatoes At this time of year coffee + tomatoes puts me on edge due to their acidity. Today I cut up a cucumber and put it in my bowl of tomatoes, and immediately wondered if it was alkaline, because of the "balance" I felt as I ate the tomatoes. Normally the tomatoes would put me at the edge of heartburn, but not today. Sure enough, cucumbers are listed as "alkaline" vegetables. Does anyone else have their go-to foods to combine with tomatoes to blunt the effect of the acid?