Got more Garden Tomatoes than you know what to do with? That's our favorite problem to have! By late August, we are putting garden fresh tomatoes in everything! Use your tomatoes fresh, or freeze them to preserve your harvest, all without the rules and work of canning!
Whether you're drowning in cherry tomatoes, sauce-type tomatoes, or bigger juicy slicers, we've got lots of tomato-heavy recipes to use them up!
If you're like me and want to avoid the whole canning process, these recipes use a large amount of fresh tomatoes, or utilize your freezer to preserve your harvest all winter!
From soups to salsas, appetizers to garden tomato-inspired dinners, these ideas are all about celebrating fresh summer home-grown tomatoes! Make your tomato haul shine, no mason jars required!
Ways to Use Garden Tomatoes without Canning
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Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
Roasted Tomato Basil Soup is the most delicious way to use those beautiful garden tomatoes! Bold rich flavor from the roasted tomatoes and garlic is blended with fresh basil and a touch of cream, perfect for grilled cheese dunking! Freeze extra tomato soup and preserve your tomato harvest all winter!
Tomato Basil Soup Recipe
2
Freezer Pizza Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Preserve your garden fresh tomatoes with jars of Pizza Sauce for the Freezer! This basic roasted tomato sauce uses up 4 pounds of fresh tomatoes, with garlic, onions, and lots of fresh basil. Makes 4 pint jars to use on Homemade Pizza, pasta, plus lots of other versatile ideas!
Pizza Sauce Recipe
3
Garden Fresh Salsa
When your garden is bursting with late summer tomatoes, make this Garden Fresh Salsa! This recipe uses 2 pounds of fresh tomatoes, plus any sweet and spicy peppers that may be hanging out in the garden! Garlic, lime and cilantro make this pico de gallo style salsa everybody's favorite!
Garden Fresh Salsa Recipe
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Freezer Marinara Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
This Homemade Freezer Marinara Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes is perfect for what to do with so many tomatoes and herbs from the garden! This simple freezer tomato sauce is delicious, easy and can be used for any amount of tomatoes you have. Stock your freezer for pizza, pasta and so many recipes!
Freezer Marinara Sauce Recipe
5
Panzanella Bread Salad with Cherry Tomatoes
The perfect summer salad, this Panzanella Bread Salad with Cherry Tomatoes is full of fresh flavor! A twist on the Italian classic, this salad is run through the garden with juicy tomatoes, cucumber, basil, red onion, kalamata olives, feta cheese and tangy white wine vinaigrette! You'll want to make this one all summer long!
Panzanella Salad Recipe
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Garden Tomato White Bean Cassoulet with Sausage
Garden Tomato White Bean Cassoulet with Italian Sausage is inspired by the classic French dish, while using lots of fresh tomatoes, bell pepper, kale and herbs from the end-of-season garden harvest. Italian sausage links are seared with the veggies, then simmered with white beans in a rich tomato broth, for a cozy bowl to mop up with lots of crusty bread!
White Bean Cassoulet Recipe
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Green Bean Salad with Tomato and Feta
Green Bean Salad with Tomato and Feta is a an all new way to enjoy those over flowing garden green beans! Just 10 minutes to put together, a quick blanch of the green beans pairs with cherry tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese and lots of fresh herbs in a tangy vinaigrette. You'll want to make this salad all summer!
Green Bean Salad Recipe
8
Bruschetta with Cherry Tomatoes
Bruschetta with Cherry Tomatoes is a summer classic when garden tomatoes are perfectly ripe, basil is overflowing its pot, and appetizers are eaten on the patio! This 10 minute appetizer is easy to throw together, and perfect for any summer occasion.
Cherry Tomato Bruschetta Recipe
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White Bean Bruschetta
White Bean Bruschetta is a delicious spin on the classic appetizer! Loaded with flavor, toasted crostini is piled with roasted bell pepper, garlic, tomato, capers, fresh basil and white beans! It's great in the summer when tomato and basil are in season, but since the white beans are the main component, it's really an easy appetizer year round!
White Bean Bruschetta Recipe
10
Peach Corn Salsa
Peach Corn Salsa is like capturing summer in a bowl! It's gorgeously colorful, highlighting seasonal ripe peaches, grilled sweet corn on the cob, and bright cilantro and lime! It's healthy and delicious dipped with chips, or as a topper for tacos, rice bowls, burritos or salads!
Peach Corn Salsa Recipe
11
White Bean Salad
Tomato Feta White Bean Salad is a protein-packed yet light summer salad with both garden fresh cherry tomatoes and sun-dried tomatoes. Tossed with spicy arugula, feta cheese and a simple vinaigrette, it's ready in just 10 minutes! It makes the perfect dinner side dish with grilled chicken, burgers, or sausages and is a great meal prep lunch!
White Bean Salad Recipe
12
Italian Sausage Gnocchi Skillet
Italian Sausage Gnocchi Skillet with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes is an easy 25 minute dinner, loaded with fresh garden veggies and amazing Italian flavor! It all comes together in a skillet with bell peppers, pine nuts and crumbled goat cheese for a delicious creamy coating!
Italian Sausage Gnocchi Skillet Recipe
13
Lemon Feta Orzo Salad with pine nuts
Lemon Feta Orzo Salad is the perfect side dish to your summer cook out, or a great meal prep for healthy lunches! This colorful lemon orzo salad with pine nuts is loaded with tomato, kalamata olives, bell pepper, artichokes, chickpeas, feta cheese and lots of greens! Full of fresh Mediterranean flavor, it feeds a crowd and is perfect when you can't decide "What should I bring?"
Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe
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Prosciutto Pasta with Artichokes and Olives
This Mediterranean inspired Prosciutto Pasta with Artichokes and Olives is bursting with fresh bold ingredients! This simple sauce is ready in just 30 minutes and is loaded with juicy cherry tomatoes, basil, kalamata and green olives, garlic, red bell peppers, and lots of crumbled feta cheese.
Prosciutto Pasta Recipe
15
Peach Caprese Salad
Peach Caprese Salad brings out the best in those summer ripe peaches! The classic caprese flavors with fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and basil get a sweet and savory twist with fresh peaches and a honey balsamic dressing! The peach tomato combination is absolutely delicious and ready in just 15 minutes!
Peach Caprese Salad Recipe
16
Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta
Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta is our favorite way to use all those garden tomatoes! Fresh tomatoes and cream form this Italian "pink" sauce with garlic, basil, and other garden extras like onion and zucchini. Add a protein or keep it vegetarian, this simple creamy tomato basil sauce is full of summer garden flavor and ready in 25 minutes!
Tomato Basil Pasta Recipe
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Marinated Olives with Feta and Cherry Tomatoes
Marinated Olives with Feta and Cherry Tomatoes is a quick and simple side salad or an appetizer with crusty bread. Kalamata and Castelvetrano Olives are tossed with cherry tomatoes and crumbled feta in a light vinaigrette with fresh basil! It's the perfect addition to lots of occasions any time of year and ready in 10 minutes!
Marinated Olives and Feta Recipe
18
Garden BLT with Pesto Aioli
Garden BLT's with Pesto Aioli are a veggie-packed twist on a favorite classic sandwich! Go way beyond just bacon, lettuce, and tomato with cucumber, avocado, cheese and a homemade pesto aioli to add all those nutritious greens from the garden harvest! This hearty pesto BLT is a summer favorite!
Garden BLT Recipe
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Cherry Tomato Pico De Gallo for the Freezer
Cherry Tomato Pico de Gallo for the Freezer is the perfect garden tomato use-up recipe for all those extra cherry tomatoes! It's the freshest salsa, made in the food processor in under a minute, with extra to stock away in your freezer. It's perfect for snacking with chips or added to any taco night!
Cherry Tomato Pico de Gallo Recipe
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Homemade Pizza
Use cherry tomatoes as a topping for homemade pizza night, or even use thinly sliced tomatoes AS the sauce!
Homemade Pizza Recipe
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Roasted Peach Tomato Salsa
Roasted Peach Tomato Salsa takes fresh summer peaches and garden tomatoes and intensifies their flavor into a roasted sweet and spicy salsa everyone will love! This quick roasted salsa is delicious with chips or spooned over fish tacos or rice bowls!
Peach Tomato Salsa Recipe
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