Summer Tomato Sauce: Canning Made Easier Recipe

What do you do with 45 lbs of locally grown organic San Marzano tomatoes?? Or maybe the question is better asked, what CAN'T you do?

I've been shying away from canning tomatoes for a very long time. Most years, when the tomato harvest hits, I spend my time roasting up batches of delicious plum tomatoes and packing them into the freezer. You'll also find me busily dehydrating all of the Principe Borghese tomatoes we've harvested from our garden. But, canning?

Not sure what it was, but for years I avoided canning. This year, I took it up out of necessity.

Our chest freezer has been a savior for us when it comes to our ability to eat more locally all winter long. We pack it full of frozen fruit, vegetables, locally…