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If there is one summer produce item to grow yourself or seek out locally, it's probably the tomato. Finding a good source for flavorful, ripe tomatoes will rocket your summer diet into the stratosphere. Try these easy recipes when you've eaten your fill out of hand.
All About Tomatoes
Tomatoes are the poster vegetable, the cause célèbre, of seasonal and local eating. Finding tomatoes that taste like tomatoes may be the biggest single draw to farmers markets around the country. See here how to choose and use these summer gem
10 Tomato Recipes In Under 10 Minutes
Come home with a ridiculous amount of tomatoes? Are your tomato plants ripening at break-neck speed? Try these quick ways--each takes less than 10 minutes--to work through the bounty of tomatoes.
Fresh Tomato Bloody Mary
It takes a lot of fresh, ripe tomatoes to make a Fresh Tomato Bloody Mary, so it's really only worth doing at the height of the tomato harvest when tomatoes are super flavorful and relatively inexpensive.
Fried Green Tomatoes
When summer comes to an end and green tomatoes are still on the vine, fry them up in the traditional Southern style.
Grilled Tomatoes
Tomatoes on the grill are a great way to enjoy summer's favorite vegetables, I mean fruit, I mean... tomatoes.
Late Summer Vegetable Stew
Tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini come together in this quick summer vegetable stew.
Mussels With Corn Tomato Salsa
These Peruvian-inspired mussels are served cooked, on the half-shell, topped with a wonderfully fresh and refreshing corn tomato salsa.
Spanish Gazpacho Soup
Spanish tomato gazpacho soup is smooth and subtle and perfect for hot summer days.
Summer Vegetable Pesto Soup
Fresh summer vegetables in a light broth with a dollop of pesto on top makes a quick, light summer supper.
Tomato Bruschetta
Tomato Bruschetta are a wonderfully easy way to enjoy fresh, ripe, seasonal tomatoes.
Tomatoes In Spicy Yogurt Sauce
These tomatoes are warmed, rather than fully cooked, in a spicy yogurt sauce.
Pan Con Tomate
Pan Con Tomate is a simple Spanish trick for turning bread, garlic, and tomato into an insanely delicious snack or light meal.