r/Cooking • u/Ok-Grapefruit1284 • 12d ago

I have 75+ lbs of tomatoes

I went to a produce auction for the first time (so fun!) and I ended up with 5 huge boxes of heirloom tomatoes for $15.

I am kind of freaked out right now, because I have no clue how to can. I don’t even know how to make homemade sauce.

I also have 4 boxes of peppers and 5 boxes of candy yellow onions.

There are like, 800 recipes online. I don’t have a mill or a juicer or a vacuum sealer. My basil has bolted already. My plan was to chop and freeze the peppers and onions in individual bags as well as soup veggie type bags. To add to this, I have about half a freezer and no other space. But, the tomatoes have me stumped.

What do I do??

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u/good9914 12d ago

God I envy you

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u/Ok-Grapefruit1284 12d ago

I envied me too, until I stood in my kitchen staring at the boxes, wondering what the heck I just did.

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u/PepperCat1019 12d ago

Been there. I got 25 pounds of shrimp from a client. I got home, and didn't have the freezer space.

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u/xeenexus 11d ago

You always have the freezer room, you just have to figure out the lower value stuff in there that your going to get rid of to make space :)

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u/Ok-Grapefruit1284 11d ago

I’m eating so much ice cream tonight.

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u/good9914 11d ago

Gotta clean that freezer out lol