what can i do with a ton of extra tomatoes from my garden?

Answer 1

There's a great program started by the Garden Writer's Foundation called "Plant a row for the hungry". See if there's a PAR program going in your area and donate the tomatoes. It's for a good cause!

Answer 2

There are loads you can do especially if you like to cook.
Here are some ideas and recipes.

Gazpacho:
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000603gazpacho.php

Salsa:
diced tomatoes
one jalapeno seeded and finely diced (wear gloves)
Fresh cilantro and parsley to taste
scallions or white onion diced
Garlic to taste
squeeze of fresh lime juice

Homemade tomato sauce:
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blsauce49.htm

Tomato Soup:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garden-Fresh-Tomato-Soup/Detail.aspx

Here is a site full of tomato recipes:
http://www.bhg.com/recipes/searchResults.jsp?start=1&searchType=text&resultsType=recipe&resultCategory=kitchen&ordersrc=yahoo2tomato_results&s_kwcid=TC-2498-14309771522-S-1620306022&_requestid=392988

Okay, now, just in case you don't like to cook you can do what I do and start filling plastic bags and hang them on your neighbors doorknobs. I do this every year and I've never had a single complaint :) If you don't want to do that then you can donate your produce to local shelters or organizations for people in need.

Answer 3

I would clean them all up. and eat them and give them away to neighbors. and throw a few at targets. and make a video documentary of all this for youtube.

Onions, Avocadoes, Tomatoes, in half-inch pieces; add a tablespoon or two of lemon- or lime-juice; maybe a squirt of Lee&Perrins Worcechestershire sauce. Stir.
Eat on crispy unsalted restaurant style corn chips.

Answer 4

Turn them into tomato sauce and freeze the sauce. That is why I grow a lot of basil, thyme, and rosemary next to my tomatoes.

Answer 5

Salsa,freeze them,tomato sauce.

Answer 6

Well you could do lots of things :)

You could make homemade salsa - jar it - and give it to family members/friends as a gift.

You could cut them up and dry them to top on sandwiches.

You could sell them. :P

You could make your own homemade spaghetti sauce, I've never done it but my bf's mother makes it all the time with her extra tomatoes.

Hmm... That's all I can think of for the moment. If I were you I'd make salsa :) Homemade salsa is AMAZING, you can make it mild medium or spicy and it works great for gifts!! I love getting homemade salsa from my friends!

Answer 7

Tomato sandwiches!

Bread, mayo, lightly salted tomato with a dash of pepper!

Answer 8

cook them down and make tomato sauce for making pizza's and spaghetti sauce with later. Freeze the sauce in zip lock bags.
Cook them down whole and freeze them for making sauces later.
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Share as many as you can with all your neighbors

Give them to the local soup kitchen

Answer 9

Make Tomatoe wine ?

Answer 10

Can, can, can...make salsa, crushed tomatoes, ect. Also, you could just give them away. My mom has tomatoes comming out of her ears, too.