tomatoes

Sauces and soups (you can freeze them for later).

We LOVE tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches!
You can make tomato sauce or soup and freeze it without having to do all that canning rigamarole.
Bruschetta is awesome, too.

chutney?

Stuff em full of things and roast em?

I need to hear the answers to this question, I am in the same boat! I have about 30 tomatoes as well as many cups of cherry tomatoes sitting on my counter now! I just bought some cilantro and serrano peppers to make some salsa; I thought it would probably be fine to make a huge batch and freeze it. I would love to hear some ideas on what to do with the rest!

I have been using the tomatoes and peppers from my garden to make Shakshuka.

http://www.katherinemartinelli.com/blog/2012/shakshuka-israel-to-go/

Canning isn't all that difficult if you have the basic tools for it. But, you aren't asking about that, so I'll offer up an idea or two for your tomatoes.

zucchini tomato casserole: alternate 1/4 inch thin slices of zucchini and tomatoes and finely diced onions in a casserole dish until it's filled to the top. You can microwave it or bake it, and top with your choice of cheese when done. Scrumptious, and uses your zucchini as well as tomatoes.

broiled cheesy tomatoes: slice the tomatoes thickly (about 1/2 inch thick), put on a pan with cooking spray, top with mozzarella and Italian seasoning, place under broiler until cheese browns. Enjoy! I could easily eat 3 or 4 whole tomatoes this way.

Tomato cucumber salad (you'll have to look that up)

Someone above said sauces--it takes a lot of tomatoes to make a good sauce, so you could do that. I bought 3 cases of tomatoes last year and canned a lot of them. I also canned spaghetti sauce and tomato soup. You could always freeze it if you prefer not to can it.

Don't freeze them, tomatoes turn to mush when thawed. Best to can them, make tomato sauce, or give them away to someone who could use them.

So I'm guessing my idea to make salsa and freeze it is a no-go? bummer.

Have a fiesta! Make someone else bring the HUGE bag of chips

I freeze tomatoes, the San Marzano or Roma types, but others would freeze too. They're fine for stews, soups and sauce. When you thaw them the skins slip off easily. Use them before they totally thaw and if you do thaw them, use the liquid. For sauce I just throw them in a pot frozen and cook them down, then put it all through a food mill to remove the skins and seeds, return to the pot and add whatever I want.

#1 Is I have to say congratulations:) My husband and I are avid gardeners and have been planting at least 30 varieties of tomatoes a season for years. Normally we get many many tomatoes. We share them with family and friends. We make salsa, tomato sauces and just can them for winter.

#2 can you send me some???

Back story: we live in Missouri and have suffered from a severe draught. Even though we watered everyday, cultivated, weeded and did all of the things we were successful in the past, our tomatoes were cr@#!

Count your blessings:)

oh wow you guys are awesome..im grabbing some great ideas .. freezing them i use them for soups , sauce and other cooking ideas.. LOVE salsa party idea! i have zucchini too so i will definitely be doing some of these ideas

Yes, lots of great ideas thank you! I think this actually gave me the motivation to do some canning this year. So instead of being a lazy bum and freezing my tomatoes and ending up with soggy salsa, I am off to foodgawker.com to get some good ideas for sauces, soups, and salsa. I'll post back if I find any good recipes.

Fresh tomatoes won't freeze well, but you could make batches of sauces and salsaa, and make lots of plain tomato puree by putting them in a pan and reducing, then straining and reducing again. Freeze in usable size portions. That will be a great base for soups, stews, chilli's, bolognaise etc.

What about bottling rather than canning - make your own chutney and ketchup, which apart for your use you could give as Christmas gifts.