The situation is deteriorating. I've made garden salads with tomatoes, Caprese salads, stuffed tomatoes and salads with just tomatoes and red onions, but it has been to no avail--the tomatoes in the garden keep getting riper and riper.
So today I gathered up the fifteen or so tomatoes and made an Arrabbiata Sauce which I am going to freeze. Arrabbiata is a spicy tomato sauce that gets its heat from crushed red peppers. The recipe below is for those who like to throw things together so if you need exact measurements then this is not the recipe for you.
The first step is to boil some water. Remove the pan from the stove and put the tomatoes into the water. Wait a minute or so and the tomato skins will just slip off. If you have to do this in more than one batch, reheat the water to boiling.
Chop the tomatoes in the food processor and add them and some wine to the pan. Also add a little bit of sugar, some Italian spices and it you want some tomato paste. Add the crushed red pepper.
Cook for about twenty minutes. Taste frequently to get the correct mix of spices and to be sure that the tomatoes are cooked.
You can use the sauce immediately over pasta or you can freeze it. I'm going to rest because soon my wife will be making frequent trips from the garden and I will be cooking fried zuccini, zucchini bread, zuccini soup and stuffed zuccini.