24 Fresh Tomato Recipes To Enjoy This Summer

Fresh Tomato Pasta Recipes

Pasta with Zucchini and Tomatoes

This is our go-to summer pasta! Fresh, light, healthy, and made with simple ingredients for easy cooking. We love making this with cherry tomatoes and zucchini from our garden – so much flavor in every bite! Use your own harvest or stop by a local farmer’s market and add this to your summer dinner rotation ASAP.

Burrata Pasta with Blistered Tomatoes

If you’re craving a more decadent pasta dinner, pair fresh grape tomatoes with white wine, sweet burrata cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Blistering the tomatoes gives them a lovely texture and really highlights their flavor. We love making this for an at-home date night dinner during tomato season!

Caprese Pasta

When we think of fresh summer tomatoes, the first thing that comes to mind is a caprese salad! This pasta dish was inspired by the classic combination of tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil for a beautiful medley of flavors you’ll want to dig into after a day in the sun. Serve it warm for dinner (we love how the mozzarella balls melt into the pasta!) and then enjoy the leftovers as a cold pasta salad for lunch the next day.

Roasted Tomato, Garlic, and Ricotta Pasta

If you’ve got lots of ripe red vine tomatoes at your disposal, you’ll want to try this roasted tomato and garlic pasta! We love how simple this recipe is. Just roast tomatoes, onion, and garlic on a sheet pan, blend them with red wine vinegar and parmesan, and voila – you have the most flavorful pasta sauce that pairs beautifully with a dollop of ricotta cheese and fresh basil.

Spinach and Tomato Pasta

This simple pasta recipe is perfect for lazy summer nights when you don’t feel like putting much effort into dinner, but still want something tasty. Made with fresh spinach, roma tomatoes, and olive oil in about 20 minutes, it doesn’t get much easier! Since the ingredients are so simple, the flavor of your tomatoes will truly stand out in this dish.

Fresh Tomato Sandwich Recipes

BLT with Roasted Garlic Aioli

Who doesn’t love a good old BLT in the summer? This is my personal favorite for beach lunches and picnics in the park. Slice up a fresh, juicy tomato and pair it with crispy bacon, peppery arugula, and creamy garlic aioli for the best flavor.

BLT Club Sandwich

Take your BLT up a notch with this twist on a club sandwich! Layers of sweet Hawaiian bread with a crispy cheese skirt are piled high with bacon, fresh tomatoes, green leaf lettuce, and garlic aioli for a sweet and savory take on a classic. We love making these for dinner when we’re craving a little extra decadence!

Pesto Chicken Caprese Sandwich

Like I said, caprese is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of tomato season! There are so many ways to make a caprese sandwich, and this is one of our favorite healthier versions using multigrain bread and grilled chicken for added protein. We like to toast the bread and warm the ingredients so it’s almost like a panini.

Prosciutto Mozzarella Sandwich

During the warmer months in college, we used to go to Bricco Salumeria in Boston’s North End to grab sandwiches for a picnic lunch. This recipe is a nod to our favorite Bricco sandwich, a classic caprese with layers of salty prosciutto. Fresh, juicy tomato really shines here against slabs of mozzarella and fresh basil.

Caprese Panini with Pesto

Panini nights were always a fun summer dinner in both of our houses growing up! We’d grab fresh tomatoes from the farmer’s market and snip some basil from the herb garden, then DIY our sandwiches with classic ingredients like pesto and fresh mozzarella. This recipe is our favorite way to make a caprese panini on the stovetop since we don’t have a panini press.

Fresh Tomato Grilling Recipes

Avocado Mozzarella Burger

We love grilling in the summer, and there’s nothing more classic than a burger. But since we grill a lot, sometimes we need a spin on a regular cheeseburger. Adding some fresh ingredients like avocado, mozzarella, and of course some juicy, ripe tomatoes lighten up what can otherwise be a heavier meal.

Bruschetta Burger

We took two of our favorite cookout appetizers (bruschetta and Alouette garlic and herb cheese) and threw them on a burger. And we’ve never looked back. The slightly Italian-inspired burger makes for an easy and fun summer lunch or dinner. Plus it’s easy to make big batches of for a cookout crowd.

Balsamic Bruschetta Chicken

Looking for a summer date night dinner? Fire up the grill and make our balsamic bruschetta chicken for you and someone special. Add a side of fresh veggies for an all around date night dinner. Just don’t forget a summery cocktail!

Fresh Tomato Pizza Recipes

Caprese Pizza

The traditional caprese ingredients of mozzarella, tomato, and basil make up one of our favorite flavor combinations. So much so that we can’t help but make a caprese variation of all our favorite recipes. Nothing says summer like caprese.

BLT Pizza

This pizza idea quickly went from “will this be weird?” to “wow this might be my new favorite pizza.” While a BLT pizza can sound odd, this recipe hits the perfect combination of a classic pizza and our favorite BLT club. The fresh produce, crispy bacon, and garlicky aioli make for a delicious bite that keeps us going back for more.

Cottage Cheese Pizza

Summer always puts us on a cottage cheese kick cause we’re not about to give up our cheesy recipes, but we do like to lighten things up when it’s hot out. These easy cottage cheese pizzas are perfect for that. They make a great high-protein lunch or a light dinner that still satisfies the cheesy cravings.

Fresh Tomato Appetizer Recipes

Roasted Tomato and Garlic Bruschetta

This dip almost doesn’t feel worth making because it’s always gone in about a tenth of the time it takes to make. Good thing it’s easy to make! Just add everything to a baking dish and pop it into the oven. But seriously, think about making a double batch because everyone always loves this one.

Burrata Toast with Tomato and Basil

Fluffy bread, fresh tomato, creamy burrata, balsamic glaze, and a little fresh basil make for a perfect bite of summer. We love serving these little toast appetizers for parties or as part of a tapas night. You can even treat yourself to it for a light summer lunch.

Chickpea and Avocado Salad

Highlight fresh tomatoes in this bright, refreshing salad this summer! We love the flavor combo of chickpeas, tomato, and avocado. It’s super shareable and easy to throw together for summer cookouts, or a healthy lunch to bring to the beach.

Tomato Crostini with Alouette

Another one of our favorite appetizers, this combo of garlic crostini with fresh tomato bruschetta and creamy garlic and herb Alouette cheese is irresistible. Plus, it comes together quickly for an easy post-beach snack!

Fresh Tomato Side Dishes

Roasted Vegetable Risotto

Roasted summer vegetables and risotto make for an extra special side dish you can serve for dinner parties or date nights. Grab the freshest tomatoes you can find, and they’ll give so much flavor to this decadent dish!

Zucchini and Tomatoes

It’s amazing how simple recipes can be when you use good ingredients. We love making this recipe with produce from our garden, a local farm stand, or our town’s famer’s market. Check out our fresh tomato grilling recipes section above for the perfect mains to go with this fresh and easy side.

Pico De Gallo

If there’s one snack we love during the summer, it’s salsa made with fresh tomatoes! This simple pico de gallo recipe gets plenty of flavor from in-season produce and a bit of garlic, salt, and lime juice. Enjoy with tortilla chips, or add it to a meal like our chipotle lime black bean burrito bowls for extra fresh flavor.

Mango Pico De Gallo

We love making this for an extra summery twist on fresh tomato salsa! Mango chunks add some sweetness to this snack, and the tropical flavor works wonderfully for summer dishes like fried fish tacos.

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