Having added some cherry tomatoes to our salad (as well as a pepper and one of those funky looking yellow cucumbers), I decided to try to use a few to freshen up a sauce that I had stashed in the freezer.  Since these were small, I could do this on a small scale, aka in a microwave.  I cut an 'x' in the bottom of each one and threw them into a measuring cup which was boiling in the microwave.  I then kept it going for about a minute.  Removed the tomatoes, cooled them off , and slipped off the skins. 

Next, to crush the little fellows into the sauce.  Helpful hint #1, when crushing tomatoes, try to get most of them into the pot.  I think I got more on my stove than into the intended sauce.