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13+ Fresh From the Garden Tomato Recipes

13+ Fresh From the Garden Tomato Recipes

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 it truly 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

Foccaccia heirloom tomatoes and goat cheese recipe
Photo Courtesy of Tonya Staab.com

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

Spanish Chorizo and tomato keto salad recipe
Photo Courtesy ofIEatKeto.com

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

Scalloped tomato casserole recipe
Photo Courtesy of Foodal

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

Fresh tomato and egg tart with goat cheese and herbs
Photo Courtesy of Foodal

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

dairy free, gluten free tomato soup recipe
Photo Courtesy of Dairy Free For Baby

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

easy cucumber tomato feta salad recipe
Photo Courtesy of MomFoodie.com

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

cinnamon and allspice baked tomatoes recipe
Photo courtesy of Recipes From A Pantry

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

tomato corn and basil salad recipe
Photo Courtesy of TheFarmGirlGabs.com

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

greek-style phyllo pizza recipe

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

slow cooker cherry tomatoes recipe
Image credit Brooklyn Farm Girl

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

roasted mahi mahi with cherry tomatoes recipe
Photo Courtesy of Sidewalk Shoes

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

three ingredient tomato soup from scratch recipe
Photo courtesy of Lathi’s Kitchen.

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

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.

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Lathiya

Friday 24th of May 2019

Thank you so much for including my tomato soup in this beautiful post. Pinning it.

Chrissy

Friday 5th of April 2019

This post is making me SO excited for fresh summer tomatoes! We have a while here in the Northeast until they're ready, but when they are, it's go time on that egg and tomato tart, haha.