8 Easy Recipes for Your Extra Garden Tomatoes
It’s tomato season, which means you probably have too many tomatoes. Here are eight recipes to help you enjoy your bounty.
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Is there anything more exciting than when your tomatoes come in? I’ve already made a bright red marinara sauce out of homegrown Roma tomatoes with my daughter (at 9 years old, she’s turning into a good cook!), soft scrambled eggs with my cherry tomatoes blistered in olive oil, and a rainbow-hued marinated heirloom tomato salad.
Those heirlooms were particularly delicious, but what are heirlooms exactly? According to the Farmers’ Almanac, “heirloom tomatoes are varieties that have been passed down from generation to generation (bred true for at least 40-50 years).” Heirlooms are known to be more flavorful than the hybrid tomatoes you’ll find at the supermarket, which are bred for good looks rather than great taste.
The colors, shapes, and sizes of heirlooms vary greatly—from Purple Cherokees that work perfectly drizzled with olive oil, salt, and a squeeze of lemon (maybe add some feta cheese and fresh thyme leaves to make it a meal), to Tigerella orange-and-red-striped cherry tomatoes that give a high yield and are perfect for salads—or just pop one in your mouth and prepare for a sweet and tart taste explosion.
If your stomach is growling—and I know mine is—check out these eight garden tomato recipes. I plan to cook them all.
8 Easy Garden Tomato Recipes
Tomato and Herb Salad with Fresh Chive Cheese
Tomatoes from the farmer’s market, fresh chive cheese, and a honey vinaigrette have me drooling. This is the first recipe I plan to make.
Marinated Heirloom Tomato Salad
I’ve always made this classic without marinating the tomatoes first, so I love the idea of deepening the flavor before I dig into this no-cook, easy recipe.
Tomato, Prosciutto, and Ricotta Tart
You can make this tart with any ripe tomatoes, but a mix of multicolor heirlooms looks stunning. Frozen puff pastry makes this tart easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Garden Bloody Mary
Bloody Marys are like pizza, as they say. When they’re good they’re really good, and when they’re bad they’re still pretty good. But this one? Which uses fresh garden tomatoes? Let’s say that sounds incredibly good.
Garlic-Basil Grilled Chicken with Caprese Salsa
I love the idea of using caprese as a salsa! Yes, you can put it on some perfectly grilled chicken, but I’m also thinking, why not a crusty baguette?
Mango and Tomato Salsa
You can put salsa on chips, but this mango tomato version is not only an excellent blend of salty and sweet, it’s also delicious on a Brie quesadilla.
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