I was not sure that the day would ever come but the tomatoes are finally ripening and I am finding myself with an overwhelming amount of tomatoes! Not a bad problem at all to have just an overwhelming problem! I have given many away but I am still finding myself with so many tomatoes. I have been gathering information and trying to decide the best method to put away some tomatoes for the winter months and I think that I am going to go with freezing for now. I definitely want to can next year but it just felt like to much to run out and buy all the things that I would need to plunge into that so I settled on freezing for now. I spent a small part of nap time preparing the tomatoes and if all goes as planned we can have some tasty casseroles and soups with fresh tomatoes in the dead middle of winter. That is pretty exciting to me! I followed these directions and it was really pretty easy. A little messy but easy all the same! Give it a try and we can enjoy soup together this winter!

Oh yes, I also want to try to make some of these although by the looks of them they would not be around as long as the frozen tomatoes. Tasty!