How to store tomatoes for paste

Every year it seems we struggle with our tomatoes ripening before our first frost hits. We pick them even if they are still green and let them ripen inside cardboard boxes. 

When the tomatoes turn red we take them and cut each end, squeeze out the seeds/guts and throw them in a freezer bag until we’re ready to dehydrate them for making paste. 

This is the easiest way we’ve found to store and keep our tomatoes year around for pizza sauce, spaghetti sauces and more!