Got 50 lbs of tomatoes this year, plus some from the CSA and garden. Most of the ones from the CSA share and our garden got thrown together with some veggies (garlic, peppers (sweet and hot), onions, etc) to create a spicy base for a pasta sauce, which was then bagged and frozen.
However, the two 25 lb boxes were all fodder for canning!
The first box, which contained a lot of large tomatoes:
The second box, with a larger number of smaller tomatoes:
I definitely used the dishwasher to santize over two dozen pint jars!
Starting on the first batch:
The "bloodbath":
The first batch are getting ready to be canned:
I recruited the fiancé to help again this year, here he's starting on the second batch:
Every single jar is filled!
I had to do a third, smaller batch later in the week to use up the rest of the tomatoes:
The prettiest jar of them all with a few beautiful, colorful heirloom tomatoes:
I'm sure that I'll use them all this winter again. Now it's off to make pesto with all the basil from the garden before we leave for the wedding!!!!!!!!
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