Freezing Tomatoes and Using Them

Prior to this year, I always thought canned tomatoes were the only option during colder seasons. Don’t get me wrong — I love canned tomatoes, but sometimes you just want your whole tomatoes to play around with.

It turns out that freezing tomatoes (and using them) is super easy and apparently works for anything you want to do with your tomatoes, except enjoying them raw (meh texture after defrosting).

Exhibit A: frozen tomatoes of all sizes

Freezing tomatoes blueprint

• wash and dry tomatoes

• lay them flat in a bag (this prevents them from fusing together when freezing)

• place them in the freezer (you can rearrange how they are in the bag after a few hours)

Using frozen tomatoes blueprint

• thaw (fridge overnight or counter for an hour)

• peel (super easy with your hands)

• enjoy