Best tomatoes for canning

What are the best tomatoes for making & canning salsa? Are there specific types of tomatoes you should use in your home canned salsa or does it really matter?

The time to start planning for canning is in the early spring, when you choose which variety of tomatoes to grow. Here are 15 top choices.

I dream of the time in summer when I can find tomatoes so sweet and ripe that I can bite into them like an apple; the kind bursting with flavor and a fragrance that hits your nose before you reach the bin. It’s tough to wait, so I have a little trick for getting more delicious flavor out of the bland, out-of-season tomatoes that populate the grocery store the rest of the year.

Some home canning recipes for tomato-based products have started calling for the tomatoes to be roasted as part of the prep. The process works best with large, paste-type tomatoes such as Roma, San Marzano, and Amish Paste, etc, but it can also be done with other tomatoes.

How to make a simple tomato sauce and canning tomato sauce instructions.

Canning tomatoes whole is a great method for preserving the harvest. Follow these easy tips on how to can whole tomatoes.

Preserve fresh summer tomatoes! Use this recipe for canning tomatoes packed in water and processed in water bath canner for shelf stable jars.

This cherry tomato salsa recipe for canning is so delicious and easy to make. It is so fun to make salsas and sauces from those pretty red cherry tomatoes. Just pop them in the food processor with the other ingredients and off you go. Makes a great gift too for any occasion!

With the rise of grocery store prices, finding ways to make your own ingredients at home for cheap is a major win! This home canning recipe for diced tomatoes is the perfect addition to your farmhouse pantry!

A great way to preserve Roma tomatoes and add to your pantry for cooking later!