The Best Summer Tomato Recipes are all right here! If you have home grown tomatoes, or just love home grown tomatoes, these recipes are for you.
Wanna know something weird? I didn’t like tomatoes AT ALL until I was almost 30. I couldn’t wrap my mind around WHAT ON EARTH people could see in those messy, flavorless red spheres. I didn’t like them on my burgers or my sandwiches, and I ate around them in salads. But then I had a grown-with-all-the-love, local, homegrown tomato. Not refrigerated. Not shipped across the continent. A ripened on the vine TOMATO. And I loved it.
Once I figured out what all the fuss was about, I got all the creative with tomato recipes. So of course, the next logical thing to do is to share those tomato recipes with you.
The Best Summer Tomato Recipes
The Best Summer Tomato Recipes are all right here! If you have home grown tomatoes, or just love home grown tomatoes, these recipes are for you. This is a collection of my favorite sandwiches, pastas, salads, skillets, appetizers and more!
The Ultimate 'Mater Sandwich
I called this one the Ultimate Mater Sandwich because that’s how people here in the south talk. But it’s really just the Ultimate Tomato Sandwich. Thick cut bacon, gorgeous home grown tomato slices, balsamic vinegar, sea salt, and pesto mayo!
Mini Tomato and Havarti Sandwiches with Balsamic Glaze
So you really can’t go wrong with grilled cheese. But these Mini Tomato and Havarti Sandwiches with Balsamic Glaze are INCREDIBLE. They are small – made on slices of french baguette – but they are topped with reduced balsamic vinegar and you really can’t beat ’em.
BLT Bucatini Pasta Salad
This GORGEOUS take on pasta salad comes to us from Or Whatever You Do. BLT Bucatini Pasta Salad has bacon, spinach, fresh cherry tomatoes, and a sun dried tomato sauce!
Breakfast BLT
How could we get through a post about tomatoes without a BLT?! This one has a little twist, though. It’s a Breakfast BLT. Fried eggs make everything just a tiny bit better and that also goes for BLT’s.
Fresh Tomato Basil & Burrata Salad - Easy 5 Minute Salad
This Fresh Tomato and Burrata Salad by The Creative Bite is like all the fresh and delicious wonderful. I adore all the rainbow tomato colors, fresh basil, and DUH – cheese.
San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Okay, so I am breaking the rules here with this San Marzano Tomato Sauce recipe because it’s not actually made with fresh tomatoes. BUT. It’s so simple and low key that it’s pretty perfect if we are talking summer tomato recipes.
Soooo I’m sharing it here. Dump the ingredients in a pot, turn the heat to simmer, pour yourself some Sweet Tea Sangria, and get ready for a super simple low key meal.
Baked Chicken Caprese
Baked Chicken Caprese is fast, easy, and crazy delicious. It's a great way to take your summer tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella cheese, and pairs them all with tender juicy chicken.
Easy Roasted Tomato Pasta
THIS! Is a 20 minute recipe. Easy Roasted Tomato Pasta is basically awesome. I used a prepared seasoning here, but there’s a cheat in the notes. Roasted cherry or grape tomatoes are totally delicious. You can also use the rainbow heirloom varieties for a colorful vegetarian dish.
One Pot Chicken Tomato Pasta
This One Pot Chicken Tomato Pasta recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes. Fresh diced tomatoes and garlic lend loads of flavor to chicken and pasta. This is a weeknight recipe we rock pretty often, but especially when I have a counter full of ripe tomatoes begging to be added to something.
Homemade Fresh Tomato Sauce
Homemade Fresh Tomato Sauce that comes together on the stovetop in about 30 minutes! Full of veggies, fresh and delicious-- you can use this sauce for anything!
Fresh Tomato Bruschetta
Fresh Tomato Bruschetta is a classic. The fresher the ingredients the better off you’ll be. this is an excellent appetizer year round, but when tomatoes are in season? Get ready to impress.
BLT Lettuce Wraps
Ten minutes of work yields a super satisfying meal. BLT Lettuce Wraps are low carb bacon-lover’s treats! Especially while tomatoes are in season!
Grilled Sirloin Steak with Roasted Tomatoes and Blue Cheese
Grilled Steak with Roasted Tomatoes and Blue Cheese is a pretty dreamy combo from Lemons for Lulu. The steak is marinated with garlic, balsamic vinegar, and Herbs de Provence, and the tomatoes are drizzled with olive oil and roasted.
A tip — you can grill these tomatoes just like we Grill Brussels Sprouts! Same technique, same tasty grilled results.
Lemon Basil Potato Salad
A simple creamy pesto dressing is what sets this Lemon Basil Potato Salad apart. It’s fast, fresh, and sure to please at your next cookout!
Summer Vegetable Skillet Pizza
Of course I couldn’t wrap this up without pizza. Summer Vegetable Skillet Pizza is a smorgasbord of fresh produce delicious. Tomatoes are a given here and then you can basically just grab and slice everything lingering in your crisper drawer. Cooked in a cast iron skillet and on this Copycat Mellow Mushroom Pizza Crust, this is a summer tomato recipe treat.