From Pie to Pasta--20 Tomato Recipes We Love

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Bradleys are the favorite of most Nashvillians, with a close second being the heirlooms.

In a pie, in pasta, in salad, in soup, there's plenty of ways to eat fresh tomatoes. So many in fact that you can eat them for a week straight without feeling "tomato-ed" out. Our favorite 20 recipes with this glorious fruit. Enjoy. 

Pasta Salad with Marinated Mozzarella, Cherry Tomatoes and Corn

The is the perfect summer pasta salad. Use the flavorful oil that the mozzarella balls come packed in to impart more flavor. The sweet corn offsets the salty oil just perfectly.

Pasta with "Melted Tomatoes," Garlic and Basil

A quick throw together pasta dish using the sweet cherry tomatoes of the season

Tomato Jam

This recipe is courtesy of Chef Mike Arnold. Serve it with smoky corn pudding, poultry, or fish.

Tomato Pie

"I have seen—and loved—tomato pies made with spoonfuls of mayonnaise, cheddar cheese, and Ritz crackers crumbled on top. Still, I’ d rather crackers not cover up the wrinkled, roasted beauty of...

Lazy Summer Tomato Sauce

My daughter has been working at a produce stand for the past 4 summers. As a result she frequently comes home with baskets of over-ripe tomatoes impatient to be used. Mind you, I'm not...

Three Tomato Salad with Creamy Artichoke Chicken Salad

Bushels of cherry tomatoes always take me by surprise. They still feel like diamonds in the rough. And they're still in abundance at my daughter's produce stand--chocolate cherry tomatoes, teardrop,...

Tomato Slab Tart

This recipe comes from the cookbook The Harvest Baker by Ken Haedrich. According to Ken, a" slab" pie, be it savory or sweet, refers to any pie that’s baked in a jelly roll pan instead of a...

Pickled Cherry Tomatoes

Most of us love cherry tomatoes. But add some pickling liquid, a bit of red pepper flakes, other spices — and they becomes a surprise in the mouth. For these Pickled Cherry Tomatoes. Use any...

Caprese Salad with Beets, Arugula and Mint

What an ingenious addition roasted beets are to a Caprese Salad. Fresh arugula, mint and basil from the garden make it simple, fresh and of the season. Toss with olive oil and a thick fruity balsamic...
EiO & The Hive

Mom's spaghetti sauce

Mom's spaghetti and meatballs from Mickey Margulies.

Polenta with Corn and Roasted Tomatoes

A creamy side dish that takes full advantage of two of summer's tastiest crops.

Summer White Bean Salad

We like to cook a bag of dried white beans to have on hand for lots of recipes, but you can use 2 (15-ounce) cans drained white beans in this recipe also.

Chicken Roasted with Cherry Tomatoes and Balsamic

In my garden, cherry tomatoes linger well into October. Here is a a simple warming chicken dish that makes great use of the sweet small beauties. Sauté the chicken to a beautiful brown in an oven...

Tomato & Egg Salad

Excerpted from One Good Dish by David Tanis (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2013.

Easy Tomato Soup

Home made tomato soup is only as far away as a can of tomatoes. Any kind will work; pureed, crushed, diced, whole, whatever. Saute up some carrot and onion, add tomato, broth, water, or wine, herbs...

Fresh Corn Chowder with Feta and Roasted Tomatoes

I could live on soup. Unfortunately, my kids don't feel the same (except for Nora who could live on seafood chowder, replete with $50 of scallops, lobster and crab). So when it comes to corn chowder,...

Gazpacho with Shrimp and Avocado

Take some farm fresh Tomato Juice Cocktail (ours came rom Delvin Farms at The Richland Park Farmers Market), add some cold cooked shrimp, chopped avocado and any kind of pesto you have on...

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