Save All Those Cherry Tomatoes!

I absolutely love cherry tomatoes. In fact, they are the ONLY tomato we grow!  We do not eat a lot of pasta here so tomato sauce is not rarely used, but we do eat ALOT of summer salads and cherry tomatoes go perfect in them! But seriously, we are just two people and we can't eat enough of the cherry tomatoes to keep up!  Even with sharing with neighbors and feeding them to the chickens, there are just so many more!  So I got to thinking - What else can I do with them?  I know I can freeze them, but that's just too boring to me since they can't be eaten in a salad after being frozen so I would rather just sun-dry them and then freeze them like I've already been doing.  No, I really want to try something completely different with my excess cherry tomatoes, so of course I RESEARCHED all the possibilities on Google - after all it is one of the things I am really good at - and here are a few of my favorite ideas:

Homemade Tomato Ketchup by Common Sense Homesteading. Now ketchup is something I will use and she gives the option of using cherry tomatoes or other tomatoes to make it.  Can't wait to try it! Note that she also shares a fermented recipe but it was the canning one I plan on trying! This recipe is smooth and creamy just like the ketchup you buy in the store that most children love!
http://commonsensehome.com/2-homemade-ketchup-recipes/

Tomato Jam (really an adult ketchup) - by Never Enough Thyme.  She actually says this is a grown-up ketchup because it has a little more kick to it.  I like it because it looks really rich and healthy and because she actually made it with cherry tomatoes!  I included this because it is different enough from the first ketchup recipe and seems like it would make a great gift as well.
​http://www.lanascooking.com/tomato-jam/

Cherry Tomato Jam - by Matkonation.  Now this is really more of a jam - it literally calls for a pound of sugar and sounds absolutely scrumptious!  The recipe looks really simple too.
http://matkonation.com/en/cherry-tomato-jam-a-baby-shower-gift/

Lazy Cherry Tomato Salsa - by grow it cook it can it (that's exactly how it is on the website). This is very similar to the two recipes above, but we love salsa so it was different enough to make a mention of here!  And, in my opinion, worth trying!
https://growitcookitcanit.com/2012/09/23/lazy-cherry-tomato-salsa/

Sweet Cherry Tomato Pickles - by Diary of a Tomato. These look absolutely delicious. I might swap out a few ingredients but the overall idea is great.  I found the suggestion to puncture the tomatoes with a toothpick to prevent floating very interesting.
https://diaryofatomato.com/2013/10/10/putting-up-sweet-cherry-tomato-pickles/

Pickled Cherry Tomatoes - by That Recipe.  Wow! These look and sound amazing and the best part is that they only take 20 minutes if you are refrigerating them!  If you choose to can them they take longer, but talk about simple!
http://www.thatrecipe.com/blog/2015/07/14/pickled-cherry-tomatoes-and-tasty-tuesdays-link-up/

Real Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes - These are mine so of course I had to share it.  If you go to the link I use grape tomatoes, but the picture above is of sun dried cherry tomatoes I made recently to show you that sun-drying works great for them too. Enjoy!

Cherry Tomato Sauce - from scratch! So simple and delicious I just had to make it to go with my eggplant parmesan.

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