I put whole tomatoes (with no prep) in baggies, freeze, and when thawed the skins peel off very easily, even without blanching. But I will try the roasted tomatoes. They sound great! Now if someone could explain the easy way to roast and peel green chiles. I have a terrible time with them. I always seem to not roast enough to peel easily or I burn them and then they have a "not so appetizing" flavor. I've tried the top of the gas stove and the broiler. There's got to be a better way. Michelle in KC "Lori L. Frey" wrote: > peeled them when they were frozen and it was a breeze just like the book > said it would be(The whole Chile Pepper Book). > > The recipe also called for roasted tomatoes and the cool thing I found out > was that the roasted, frozen tomatoes slipped right out of their skin too! > >