From Quick Sauces to Hearty Dinners: 10 Versatile Tomato-Based Recipes

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If there is one vegetable that is irresistible in all shapes and forms, it’s tomatoes. Fresh, roasted, sundried, cherry – all these tomatoes have a distinct flavor and texture with one similar goal – to make our meals mouthwatering. As the summer reaches its peak and slowly descends to an end, all I want is to take full advantage of the fresh tomatoes while they are still available, and maybe use those sundried tomatoes too cuz I still love them. Let’s have a look at 10 recipes that prove how wonderfully versatile tomatoes are.

Cherry Tomato Pasta 

Cherry tomatoes, with a rich, juicy texture and bursting sweetness, make your everyday pasta dish so much more flavorful and colorful. Just toss cooked pasta into cooked cherry tomatoes and top it with your favorite herbs. Full Recipe: Cherry Tomato Pasta

Zucchini Tomato Tart

Cherry tomatoes, along with chopped zucchini, make an excellent topping for flaky, buttery tarts. The tiny cherry tomatoes add a burst of flavor and vibrant colors to the table, whether it’s for lunch, a snack, or dinner. Full Recipe: Zucchini Tomato Tart

Roasted Tomato Pasta 

The rich sweetness of roasted tomatoes paired with your favorite pasta makes for a healthy, delicious summertime meal. The tender, juicy, and caramelized tomatoes add magic to any pasta dish they are added to. Full Recipe: Roasted Tomato Pasta

Tomato Alfredo Sauce

Think white sauce – but with tomatoes! This sauce is the perfect summer version of the classic Italian white sauce – a twist to add full summer goodness to our all-time favorite pasta sauce. Full recipe: Tomato Alfredo Sauce

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto 

Bring your classic pesto up a notch by making it with sun-dried tomatoes. The rich tomato flavor combined with the savory pesto flavor gives a sauce-turned-condiment that is versatile on its own. Whether you choose it to top your sandwiches or toss your pasta in, sun-dried tomato pesto will never disappoint you. Full Recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Pizza Sauce

The key to the best pizza ever lies in the best pizza sauce ever. All you need for this is thick tomato paste, pantry staples, and just 5 minutes of your time. The best part is, this is a no-cook sauce – which means no time spent in front of the stove in peak August heat. Full Recipe: Pizza Sauce

Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli

Sun-dried tomatoes add such a concentrated tomato flavor that you have no choice but to love them. The rich taste and the chewy texture – sun-dried tomatoes are a perfect addition to condiments, like this sun-dried tomato aioli. Full Recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli 

Tomato Soup

Nothing tops a creamy soup if all you’re craving is some kind of comfort food. Tomato soup, normally a winter specialty made with canned tomatoes, tastes ever so much sweeter and richer, so that it brings a blend of summer flavor the second you take a sip. Full Recipe: Tomato Soup

Greek Spaghetti 

Sauté the cherry tomatoes with Mediterranean seasonings and watch your weeknight spaghetti dish transform into something heavenly. You can add as many sauteed vegetables as you want, but for me, cherry tomatoes topped with feta cheese make this dinner perfect. Full recipe: Greek Spaghetti

Caprese Chicken with Roasted Tomatoes

A chicken-based dinner with roasted, broiled, and caramelized tomatoes turns into a perfect, quick, and easy summertime dinner. The rich, sweet flavor of roasted and caramelized tomatoes goes along deliciously with tangy chicken breast. Full Recipe: Caprese Chicken with Roasted Tomatoes