I am loving the tomatoes coming out of our garden right now! They have so much flavor – bursts of sweet best eaten right from the vine. August’s 12 Months of Real Food post is all about this summer’s tomato bounty –
To clarify, OF the households that home garden, 93% grow tomatoes!!
Bare Feet in the Kitchen | Cucumber Tomato Salad
Cooking Classy | Sun Dried Tomato Basil Hummus
Cupcakes & Kale Chips | Homemade Ketchup
Damn Delicious | Restaurant Style Salsa
Fat Free Vegan | Gazpacho with Roasted Tomatoes
Five Heart Home | 30-Minute Fresh Tomato Marinara Sauce
Food Lust People | Cheesy Spinach Muffins
Give Recipe | Tomato Fritters
I Am That Lady | Homemade Lemon Bruschetta Dressing
Jeanette’s Healthy Living | Slow Roasted Summer Tomatoes
Jo Cooks | Baked Parmesan Tomatoes
Joyful Healthy Eats | Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Julia’s Album | Shrimp, Tomato, and Spinach Pasta in Butter Garlic
Kids Activities Blog | Fresh Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
The No Vice Chef | Garlic Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Pink Parsley | Mexican Cherry Tomato Salad
Refinery 29 | Sun-Dried Tomato Goat Cheese Dip
Southern Plate | Tomato Chips
Tastes Better From Scratch | Tomato Pie
Me! | Avocado Tomato Stack Salads
Thanks to Jamey for her help pouring through the internet to find these best-of tomato recipes!
Christine says
The Parmesan tomatoes and roasted garlic cherry tomatoes look amazing! I’m making the parm ones tonight!
Shoshana says
I thought the same thing. Will definitely be trying the parm one’s this week!
Shel@PeachyPalate says
Slow roasted tomatoes are my favourite! Such an intense flavour!
Jilly says
I adore tomatoes! But I’m willing to bet that not quite 93% of Americans eat tomatoes let alone grow them! ha ha. I live in the city and don’t know a single person who grows their own. I wish I had room to grow tomatoes!
Some great recipe links – thanks!
Melanie says
I agree – that stat stuck out to me too so I googled it. Apparently of all American households that do home gardening, 93% of those grown tomatoes… not 93% of all Americans! That would be awesome though 🙂
Source: http://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-facts.html
KathEats says
Thanks I’ll add some clarification!
Donna says
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a big bowl of fresh tomatoes on my kitchen counter, and I was wondering how I could use them all!
Megan says
Thank you, this is a beautiful post! Just to clarify – 93% of American households grow tomatoes? That’s shockingly high! I would have thought of those households that grow vegetables, 93% grow tomatoes.
Elyse says
When I was little I used to say I hated tomatoes. Absolutely hated them, until I realized salsa my favourite thing was tomatoes. Doh! Now i’ll eat them in anything and everything. My favourite though is either salsa or bruschetta.
Samantha @ThePlantedVegan says
Wow, this may be my new favorite blog post ever! I love all the photos of tomatoes, how beautiful! Thanks for sharing all these amazing recipes, can’t wait to try them out!
Amanda says
I’m not a fan of raw tomatoes, but I love love love tomato soup- I have this fabulous recipe from one of Ina Garten’s cookbooks for a tomato orzo soup with grilled cheese croutons. Majorly craving that right now!
Dani @ Dani California Cooks says
I absolutely love roasted tomatoes, or tomato sauces, or salsa, but I CANNOT STAND raw tomatoes! Not on my sandwich, and definitely not in caprese form. It’s so sad, because they are so versatile and so beautiful!
Christine H says
Me too!
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
I’m obsessed with tomatoes! They’re so delicious!
Crafty Girl says
This are tomatoes porn. Can’t get enough of them.
Caley says
I waited on someone once who was allergic to tomatoes and until then I had never realized just how many foods have tomatoes in them or how much that would suck! They’re such a staple in my diet that I almost forget how nutritious they are — they’re just there, like garlic is, haha.
Also, just as a head’s up, today when I typed in your website into Google and hit the link, it sent me to a “this website is down” page. I had to exit and go back through the process.
Carrie @ Season It Already' says
Tomatoes are my all-time favorite vegetable, so you can imagine how much I love this time of year. Thanks for giving me more recipes to add to my arsenal.
I’m especially intrigued by those tomato chips. Oh my, I just might have to buy me a dehydrator!
Erin Shmidt says
Martha Stewart has a delicious recipe for Tuscan tomato soup (amazing) and I used Katie Lee’s recipe for Panzanella. Sweet mother it was good!