Can You Freeze Tomatoes

Have you grown way too many tomatoes? Here we will be answering the question can you freeze tomatoes? We will provide you with the easiest way.

Growing tomatoes can be great fun and you can certainly reap the rewards from the harvests of the plants. You can be inundated from the amount that you will harvest. You will have fruit bowls full and friends and family will love them. Unfortunately, tomatoes do not last long once picked so need to be eaten fast. The question you may ask though is can you freeze Tomatoes? Well, the answer is yes you can freeze tomatoes easily to be used at a later date. Here we will be explaining how to freeze your own grown tomatoes.

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How to freeze tomatoes

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your tomatoes so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food. You can save all your tomatoes for sauces, salsa. When freezing tomatoes there is no blanching required or peeling them it is a straight forward process. The only issue with freezing tomatoes is that they will only be good for sauces, you won’t be able to eat them normally as they will just be soggy when defrosted.

To freeze your tomatoes all you need to do is write a date on a zip lock bag and put the tomatoes in them. Make sure there is no air in the bag when fastening up. You can then store them in the freezer for up to a year!

You will not be wasting any tomatoes this year now and will be able to store them to use for your stews, curries, soups to make some delicious meals.

We hope you have got the answer to the question “Can you freeze tomatoes?” Now you won’t be wasting any tomatoes by throwing them away. Safely freeze your tomatoes until needed.