Freezing Fresh Tomatos

[Great-Kazoo]

So........ not being much of a gardener and don't really eat many tomato's over time. Been considering getting a bunch of Romas, with the intent to freeze them. It Looks like it's a straight forward clean, cut (if desired) and freeze in what ever size container one chooses. We don't can (yet) and want to have some on hand for sauce etc. You opinion[s]

[crays]

Can, don't freeze. You will be rewarded with flavor, over availability.
Frozen tomatoes are mushy and lacking flavor, in my experience. I don't can yet either, but commercially canned tomatoes are superior to frozen tomatoes, in my opinion.
If you don't want to get into canning, at least process them into sauce before freezing. I will let The Grey and others take it from here..

My sister and bil can their toms, and usually share with us, but I sincerely think you will be disappointed with anything but sauce, if frozen. My .02

[newracer]

We blanch them to remove the skins and then freeze them. We use them in sauces and they are great.

[HoneyBadger]

We always make a huge batch of pasta sauce with our crop of tomatoes and then freeze them in quart-sized freezer bags. Works out perfectly for nights when you don't want to do a ton of cooking or clean-up.

[Irving]

What about the nights where you don't want to do any defrosting?

[Wulf202]

They thaw out mushy. Other than that it's not a big deal

[Great-Kazoo]

We always make a huge batch of pasta sauce with our crop of tomatoes and then freeze them in quart-sized freezer bags. Works out perfectly for nights when you don't want to do a ton of cooking or clean-up.

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What about the nights where you don't want to do any defrosting?

Microwave is your friend

They thaw out mushy. Other than that it's not a big deal

After some reading i "think" i might roast a bunch in the slow cooker mixing some basil, oregano and garlic from the garden. I'd like to can a bunch, unfortunately time & storage space doesn't work.

[HoneyBadger]

What about the nights where you don't want to do any defrosting?

Order pizza.

[Great-Kazoo]

Order pizza.

[Hummer]

We freeze our garden tomatoes every year, usually Romas and Sweet 100's. We slice them in half and place on a cookie sheet, cut side up, and put them in the chest freezer. Next day, transfer them to a ziploc and back into the deep freeze. Double bagged, they can keep their flavor well and are great in a stir fry or on burgers. Sweet 100's are much sweeter, and my favorite. We also dehydrate the Sweet 100's.

We stock up on the bounty from the gardens and use it throughout the winter. We harvested and froze a lot of snow peas earlier this summer. For a while we were picking about a gallon a day. Last night we had garden beets and garlic, frozen since last year. Great with elk steak and veggie kebobs.