Fresh tomato soup recipes abound. A few years ago I suggested a similar one to this, but it wasn’t heated and used sugar instead of honey. This one has more peppers in it ( you could use a jalapeno or two if you like) and just a tiny bit of cream. Serve it with a grilled cheese and caramelized onion sandwich ?
Tomatoes
Eggs Baked on Grits with Bacon and Tomatoes
Veering away from a focus on onions and garlic, just a reminder that those veggies make great breakfast food. This recipe from seriouseats.com calls for quick cooking grits, but you can (and should!) substitute long cooking grits like those from Riverview. Grits are another one of those things that you can cook up in a slow cooker – start them the night before and let them cook on slow overnight. Season to taste in the morning.
Summer Vegetable Soup with Dill
Like all these recipes, adapt the herbs to whatever you have on hand and your household prefers. This recipe appeared in Fine Cooking magazine in August 2011.
Raw Vegetable “Pasta” with Tomatoes and Herbs
This recipe is adapted from one at wholefoods.com. No cooking – just a little knife of mandolin work and dinner is ready.
Fish Tacos with Roasted Tomato Salsa
Does summer have you craving tacos? Or are you like us and crave them all year around? The recipe for this dish was inspired by one from Hugh Acheson, chef of Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia. Use whatever peppers are handy, even those nice mild ones from the box.
Do you happen to have some of those dried black beans from last year’s boxes? Cook them up and use them here. Yum.
It’s a very traditional recipe for salsa, and a little more work than just chopping up vegetables, but so worth it.
Parmesan Crusted Squash with Fresh Tomato Sauce
The sundried tomatoes in this recipe are totally optional as far as I’m concerned. And with the pretty yellow tomatoes from this week’s box, I think I’d skip them. It’s a recipe adapted from one at Whole Foods. If you don’t have pesto, or don’t like it, just brush the squash slices with olive oil and then use the same breading. The orange juice in the sauce is a really great idea. I’m seeing more and more recipes pairing oranges and tomatoes. Not exactly in season together, I know, but the acids and the sweetness of each complement each other really nicely.
Grilled Chicken and Potatoes with Tomato and Cucumber Salad
This recipe comes from the March 2013 edition of Fine Cooking magazine. The combination of olive oil, lemon, anchovy and garlic is one of my favorite marinades for any kind of grilling. If you have a little time, you can use the vinaigrette to marinate the chicken for up to 4 hours before grilling. Delicious.
Tomato Egg Salad
Don’t know why, but it had never occurred to me to combine these ingredients into a salad – but it seems perfect for a summer lunch or dinner. It’s adapted from a recipe in Better Homes and Gardens magazine.
Some Ideas for All Those Tomatoes
Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter
I’ve seen this recipe printed in various places for many years, but have yet to try it. This weekend, that’s going to change. I was reminded of it this week on the blog Food52.
From Marcella Hazan’s “Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking”
Serves 6, enough to sauce 1 to 1 1/2 pounds pasta