Celebrate the summer harvest with these 13 Fresh From the Garden Tomato Recipes!
There’s nothing better than a fresh-from-the-vine tomato, still warm from the summer sun.
Tomatoes are one of my favorite things to grow – they’re relatively easy to grow and their fruit roles in almost all summer long.
To celebrate the hearty, versatile tomato, I’ve collected my 13 favorite ways to cook them. Enjoy!
Fresh Tomato Recipes
Homemade Tomato Pie With Fresh Herbs
A Southern dish that demands to be made and eaten.
At first glance, ‘tomato pie’ may sound unappetizing, but ittruly is a wonderful culinary experience to behold!
Check out the full recipe at My Homestead Life: Homemade Tomato Pie With Fresh Herbs.
Focaccia With Heirloom Tomatoes and Goat Cheese
This delicious recipe takes only 15 minutes and is a great use of those fresh tiny cherry tomatoes and corn from your garden.
Buy the focaccia pre-made or make it at home from scratch. This flat bread is an excellent stand-in for pizza, or cut up smaller makes a great appetizer.
Check out the full recipe at Tonya Staab.comh
Spanish Chorizo and Tomato Keto Salad
Whether you’re keto or not, this spicy, Spanish-inspired dish is full of flavor.
Again, a perfect dish to use those cherry tomatoes in, this dish comes together in half an hour and is sure to be a hit in the Fall, when the cold weather starts to creep in.
Check out the full recipe at IEatKeto.com.
Scalloped Tomato Casserole
For your bigger, slicing tomatoes, this scalloped tomato recipe celebrates the summer harvest.
Layer the tomatoes on top of a grilled chicken breast for a modified chicken caprese, or on a slice of toasted and butter homemade bread for a fresh summer-time lunch.
Check out the full recipe at Foodal.com
Fresh Tomato and Egg Tart with Goat Cheese and Herbs
Summer-time often means early mornings and long days.
A fresh and delicious summer dish, this tart can be served for breakfast or lunch.
If served as lunch (or breakfast – I don’t judge!) pair with a cold glass of white wine.
For the full recipe check out Foodal.com
Dairy Free, Gluten Free Tomato Soup
This quick and easy 30-minute meal has most of my favorite ingredients in it: bacon, garlic, and potatoes. Yes – that’s right, potatoes.
The addition of a potato to this recipe gives it it’s thick, creaminess without having to add any flour or butter (and keeps it gluten- and dairy-free).
For the full recipe, check out DairyFreeForBaby.com.
Easy Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad Recipe
This recipe is the perfect, last minute, throw together lunch or dinner salad for the summer.
The fresh ingredients require zero cooking, and the feta and dressing aid in merging all of the flavors together throughout.
Quick, easy, fresh. Win, win, win.
For the full recipe, check out MomFoodie.com
Cinnamon and Allspice Baked Tomatoes
This recipe is the perfect end-of-the-summer, the-nights-are-getting-colder, use-up-all-my-ripe-tomatoes dish.
Five minutes of prep set these tomatoes up to caramelize for an hour in the oven, soaking in and developing the deep, rich, and unique flavors of the allspice and cinnamon.
For the full recipe check out Recipes From a Pantry.
Tomato Corn and Basil Salad
Another fresh-from-the-garden salad recipe, this quick and easy corn, tomato and basil salad sports a quick drizzle of white wine vinegar and olive oil.
This light “dressing” simply highlights the freshness of the ingredients themselves instead of overpowering and changing their flavor.
For the full recipe check out The Farm Girl Gabs.com
Greek-Style Veggie Phyllo Pizza
This recipe is great for Fall football (if you live in a zone that will let you harvest tomatoes in September) or a delicious hors devours for any get-together.
This Greek inspired finger-food takes phyllo dough in place of pizza dough for a light, buttery crust.
For the full recipe, check out FoodMeanderings.com.
Slow Cooker Cherry Tomatoes
This is one of those menu-changing recipes.
Once you discover it, you try to find as many uses for it as possible.
Something as simple as a few handfuls of cherry tomatoes, an onion and olive oil make a versatile dish.
You can serve this by itself, one some crusty bread, over chili or pasta…the options are endless.
When you’re drowning in cherry tomatoes, make a big batch and freeze them!
For the full recipe, check out BrooklynFarmGirl.com.
Roasted Mahi Mahi with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes take the main stage in this recipe too.
20 minutes and a cooking sheet make this quick and easy, healthy week-night meal.
If you are what you eat, this recipe will make you delicious, healthy and easy 😉
Check out the full recipe at SidewalkShoes.com
Three Ingredient Tomato Soup From Scratch
This recipe simplifies tomato soup down to only three simple ingredients: tomatoes, onions and butter.
That’s it.
And there’s beauty in simplicity.
You taste the subtle flavors of each ingredient in its pure form.
For the full recipe, check out LathisKitchen.com
Green Tomato Marmalade
This. As a woman (or man!) grows as a cook, they become known for certain signature dishes.
This would be mine…if I shared it with anyone.
I’m happy to share the recipe, but don’t come to my house looking for any, because I won’t share the actual marmalade.
I squirrel it away like some people do Girl Scout cookies.
I first found this recipe in a cookbook from the 1860’s The Virginia Housewife.
While I had to experiment to get the exact measurements right, the resulting spread is beyond anything I could have expected.
The sugar makes it sweet, the green tomatoes gives it a tart, deep, umami…if you try this recipe, you’ll need to plant some extra tomato plants just so you can harvest the green ones!
For the full recipe, check out my post Green Tomato Marmalade.
