What to do with all of these homegrown tomatoes???

if they are putting out as much as you're saying then give some to your neighbors, friends, and family

its hard to beat a ham sandwich topped with a fresh sliced tomato though

Eat em, give em away or put em up. Make a bunch of salsa and/or tomater relish and can it. Boil, chill, peel, vacuum seal and freeze.

Last year I had so many tomatoes that I went looking for recipes. I found this one for tomato soup. I love it, and it's so fast to make. In fact, I often double it.

4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
1 onion, sliced
4 whole cloves (optional)
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons white sugar, or to taste


DIRECTIONS
1.In a stockpot, over medium heat, combine the tomatoes, onion, cloves, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, and gently boil for about 20 minutes to blend all of the flavors. Remove from heat and blend in blender on high speed.

2.In the now empty stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour to make a roux (thickening agent, like you are making gravy), cooking until the roux it is a medium brown. Gradually whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest. Season with sugar and salt.

My grandmother's ketchup recipe is either in the recipe book or in the stickied thread at the top of the page. It's been a few years since I made it, but it is very different from Heinz and tasty. We never used it on fries. We used it on peas a lot growing up. Sounds strange, but it was so darn good. When we made it last, the relatives were begging for a bottle.

If you cook the tomatoes and jar the sauce.. Try a dish of veal meatballs, topped with marinara and mozarella and parmesan cheeses, served as an appetizer or entree. Outstanding.

Canned Tomatoes
Tomato Paste
Sun-dried Tomatoes

fried green tomatoes

if you have any paste tomatoes, sun dry or oven dry and freeze them in a little olive oil