30+ Creative Tomato Recipes + Tomato Fun Facts

Make use of all your fresh garden tomatoes with these 30+ Creative Tomato Recipes – no cook tomato recipes and cooked tomato recipes!

Summertime means gardens are full of fruits and vegetables. Our garden is no different and is overflowing with tomatoes…sooooo many tomatoes! I guess it’s a good thing because tomatoes are considered a “Super Food”. In fact, studies suggest that eating tomatoes may help us to reduce the risk of certain cancers and lower cholesterol!
Since I’m drowning in tomatoes and don’t want to waste all the goodness that it can do for us, I went on a hunt for recipes that will help me make the best of this year’s garden bounty. Thanks to some talented fellow bloggers, I was able to find some creative tomato recipes to make sure no tomato goes to waste.Cooked Tomato Recipes (requires some cooking):

• Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes @The Life Jolie
• Baked 3-cheese Mac with Slow Roasted Tomatoes @Simply Healthy Family
• Grilled Eggplant Caprese with Parmesan and Garlic White Bean Puree @Simply Healthy Family
• Garden Fresh Tomato, Mushroom and Eggplant Lasagna {gluten free} @Simply Healthy Family
• Handy Homemade Spicy Diced Tomatoes (Rotel) @Little Sprouts Learning
• Roasted Tomato Sauce @Little Sprouts Learning
• Balsamic Chopped Salad @Little Spouts Learning
• Parmesan Oven Roasted Tomatoes @Spend with Pennies
• Homemade Sundried Tomatoes @Homemade Food Junkie
• Gemista with a Twist (Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers) @Culinary Flavors
• Tomato Chutney @Life Family Adventure
• Basil Grilled Tomatoes @Intelligent Domestications
• Fried Green Tomatoes @An Alli Event
• Easy Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce @Simply Live Love
• Super Easy and Refreshing Corn, Tomato, and Avocado Salad @The Silly Pearl
• Baked Tomatoes with Panko @Drug Store Divas
• Tomato Shrimp and Bleu Cheese Pizza @Our Good Life
• Fresh Tomato Sauce @An Italian In My Kitchen
• Oven Dried Tomatoes @An Italian In My Kitchen
• Easy Garden Fresh One-pan Ravioli @Any Given Day Inspiration
• The Lazy Person’s Guide to Canning Crushed Tomatoes @Simplify Live Love
• Chicken Pizziola @Exquisitely Unremarkable
• Caprese with a Twist @Love of Home

No-cook Tomato Recipes (absolutely no stove or oven involved):

• Caprese Dip @Family Table Treasures
• Tomato Salad @The Life Jolie
• Easy Caprese Salad @Juggling Real Food and Real Life
• I’m Not Cooking So It’s Gazpacho Time @Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen
• Fresh Tomato Salsa @Little Family Adventure
• Mediterranean Tomato Salad @Simplify Live Love
• Black Bean and Corn Salsa @Arts and Crackers
• Super Easy and Refreshing Corn, Tomato, and Avocado Salad @The Girl Who Ate Everything

If you don’t plan on using your garden fresh or store bought tomatoes within 2 days, store in the refrigerator. See why HERE and HERE.

What’s your favorite way to eat tomatoes? Tell me in the comments below.

*Info from Nutrition and You – “Tomato Nutrition Facts” and Medical News Today – “What are the Health Benefits of Tomatoes”

Here is my new favorite way to eat fresh tomatoes.

Bruschetta with Tomato and Asiago Parmesan Cheese