Am a Gala apple lover myself. In the winter months up north in IL (I’m in FL now), where nary a good tomato was to be found, I would buy a package of cherry tomatoes, slice or chop them up using the juice produced also, and pour Wishbone Robusto Italian dressing from the bottle (it has to be Wishbone Robusto; can get it online at Walmart’s) over the chopped cherry tomatoes.
You can add chopped onion or other veggies to the mix if you like, but as they will change the taste slightly, I’m a purist and prefer to just use the tomatoes and dressing. Use this as a side dish, or it goes wonderfully as a topping on any deli meat sandwich (best w/deli meat on French or Italian bread, or a sub bun, but would work with most any bread). You can use small pear tomatoes too; however I find the Cherry tomatoes more flavorful.
Also wonderful as a bruchetta topping on toasted garlic bread. This concoction got me through many a rotten IL winter, until late spring arrived and the local Farmer’s Market reopened. Will be using this down here in FL too, as FL has lousy super market tomatoes. Bon Appetit!
P.S., Roma tomatoes work really well with my tomato/Robusto Italian concoction above.