25 Delicious Fresh Tomato Recipes

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Running out of ideas for your garden fresh tomatoes? Here are some delicious recipes using fresh tomatoes sure to inspire you. It’s mid-summer, and my garden tomatoes are producing full-stop!

fresh garden tomatoes.

We have them in salads, grilled, and tossed over pasta. But at some point, we just can’t eat them fast enough. I’ve been giving some to our non-tomato growing neighbors too. I’ve rounded up some terrific tomato recipes, including how some great ways to preserve them to enjoy them year-round!

What to do with fresh tomatoes:

We try to enjoy our garden tomatoes within a few days of picking. To avoid them getting eaten by vermin, I try to pick them as soon as they are ripe, or a day or two before, and let them continue ripening on the counter.

Caprese Salad

caprese salad on white plate.

Fresh Summer Pasta Sauce is a no-cook sauce using fresh tomatoes that’s ready in minutes!

Fresh Tomato Summer Pasta Sauce.

A Greek Village Salad is a great way to not only enjoy fresh tomatoes, but the rest of your garden produce!

Greek village salad.

This Zucchini Noodle Salad with Fresh Tomatoes and Bacon  from Wholesome Yum is also low-carb and Paleo!

Zucchini Noodle Paleo

Caprese Pasta Salad

Pasta salad side shot.

Tomato Bell Pepper and Green Olive Salad from Veggies Save The Day.

tomato bell pepper

Got medium sized tomatoes? How about these Burrata Filled Tomatoes from Christina’s Cucina, for a great summertime appetizer?

burrata tomatoes

Grilled Caprese Panino

Grilled Caprese Panini Sandwich.

This Tomato Mint Salad is Paleo, Whole30 and gluten free.

tomato mint salad paleo gluten free whole30

Shrimp Remoulade with fresh tomatoes.

Shrimp remoulade.

Quinoa Tabbouleh

quinoa tabbouleh.

Blue Cheese Wedge with Tomatoes.

Blue cheese dressing.

How to enjoy them cooked:

Of course after fresh, there are a variety of ways to enjoy tomatoes in cooked dishes other than turning them into sauce.

Fresh Tomato Tart Gluten-free tomato cheese tart with fresh thyme is vegetarian and Low-carb.

This simple Gluten-Free Tomato Cheese Tart is a breeze to throw together and makes perfect use of garden tomatoes!.

Spaghetti Squash with Fresh Tomatoes, Basil and Pine Nuts

spaghetti squash with tomatoes.

Summer Harvest White Chicken Chili from The Rising Spoon.

summer harvest white chicken chili The Rising Spoon.

Mozzarella and Tomato Quinoa Bake from A Mind “Full” Mom

Quinoa Bake

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Soup from Peas & Crayons.

tomato soup

Roasted Tomato Soup from Ciao Florentina. 

roasted tomato soup

This Rustic Tomato Tart from Joy Filled Eats is also grain free and low carb!

tomato tart gluten free

How to preserve garden tomatoes:

One way to preserve tomatoes, and enjoy them well into the fall is drying them. Often called “sun dried”, they really are “oven dried”. Another way to preserve them is to turn them into a jam, compote or fermented.

Sun Dried Cherry Tomatoes from She Loves Biscotti.

Sun Dried Tomatoes

Sun Dried Tomato and Pistachio Pesto is perfect as a dip crackers, or toss it with pasta!

pistachio pesto hand and bread.

Homemade Oven Dried Tomatoes from An Italian In My Kitchen.

oven dried tomatoes

Oven Roasted Tomato Salad

Oven roasted tomato salad

How about this Tomato Jam from Suburban Soapbox?

tomato jam

We all have heard about how healthy fermented foods are, how about Wild Fermented Salsa from Yang’s Nourishing Kitchen.

wild fermented salsa.

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4 Comments

  1. Fantastic recipe round-up! I have pinned a few to try. There really is nothing better than a home grown tomato… let’s hope summer lasts a little while longer! Thanks for including my recipe 🙂

  2. All fantastic recipes! I only grow cherry tomatoes, and they’re so easy to dehydrate. I’ve never dried large ones, but they’re beautiful, especially on the soup. Check out my risotto-stuffed tomato recipe!

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