l am lazy . l just chop up chunky style and put into a big pot on stove and cook until they are soft , sometimes l add fresh basil and parsley if l have it from my garden and use these lots for spag bog
l dont peel them as l dont mind the skin . l store them in zip lock bags wrapped in a piece of newspaper to seperate them from sticking together in the freezer with them liely flat in the freezer they dont tell long to defrost than a block