Savoring Summer Year-Round: 3 Ways to Preserve Tomatoes

Tantalize your taste buds with summer flavors throughout the fall and winter.

Facing a bumper crop? Save your tomato harvest for the chilly fall and winter days to come. Foxys Forest Manufacture/Shutterstock

Whether you grow your own tomatoes in a kitchen garden, are blessed with a windfall from a neighbor, or get a bargain on a case at your local farmers market, you'll want to find ways to preserve them.

Here are three tomato recipes to tantalize your taste buds with summer flavors throughout the fall and winter.

Crushed Tomatoes for Easy Weeknight Meal Prep

With this first recipe, you‘ll learn how to can crushed tomatoes at home. Don’t be nervous if this is the first time you’ve canned vegetables. You’ll follow the traditional water-bath canning process, which is straightforward and requires little special equipment.