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I love to cook with diced tomatoes, but you can’t buy them in glass jars anywhere. It is possible to buy organic canned, but cans are all lined with BPA, an endocrine disruptor. Ideally acidic foods shouldn’t be in metal cans lined with BPA because it leaches into the food. Since there are no diced tomatoes commercially available in glass, what are we supposed to do?
Can our own, of course!
This year I’ve done about 30 pints of diced tomatoes so I’ll have plenty to cook with. We really like tomato products though — we’ve done over 5 bushels and would do a few more if we could!
Anyway, you certainly don’t have to do that many. Canning diced tomatoes in pints is roughly the same as the 15-oz. cans you buy in the store and is a good meal-sized portion for me. Of course, if you prefer, you can do smaller or larger containers, too.
You will need:
Here we go!
If desired, peel your tomatoes. I didn’t bother because it’s faster. Then, dice them up:
(Yes, Ben is doing this! He did all the diced tomatoes, apples, peppers, and some peaches and pears)
Put your diced tomatoes in jars:
Squeeze your lemon juice:
Send your silly daughter to the trash (or compost) with the lemon rinds:
Take more pictures of her while she makes silly faces:
Add lemon juice to your jars, about 1/2 tsp.each (for pints). Then, it’s time to add water to fill them Use filtered water.
Now your jars are full:
Cap the jars and process them in a water bath for 20 minutes (25 for quarts). Now they are done!
Easy, right?
Do you use diced tomatoes in recipes? Have you ever canned them before?
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I like this post. You made it look so easy
Thank you so much for this, I had no idea it was so easy. I love that they don't need to be peeled. I am so sick of peeling tomatoes!!
Can you freeze these instead of traditional canning? This looks super easy, Thanks!
Is it really that easy? I really need to get into this…I’ve been freezing my summertime tomatoes, but then I forget about them! Do I need special equipment for the water bath or just a large stock pot? This is my summer objective; learn how to preserve more!
Yes, it is that easy.
I use my large stock pot for this and have no problems!
Can you add green peppers and celery to this as well with the same instructions?
Unfortunately not. I’m assuming you’re going for stewed tomatoes? The low-acid vegetables would need to be pressure-canned. So if you have a pressure canner, then sure, you can do everything else the same!