When you grow your own tomatoes you will end up with a large amount of surplus tomatoes (always a nice problem to have).
Hopefully the tomato recipes using fresh tomatoes below will help you find a real use for them.
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Oven dried Roma tomatoes
Simple Chorizo sauce pasta
Fresh Tabbouleh Salad
Simple to make Chicken stew with a lovely flavour
How to make Homemade Tomato Puree
Pork meatballs in tomato sauce
How to use marinara sauce in recipes?
Sausage tomato sauce recipe
Marinara sauce with Minette basil
Tomato and Basil Soup
Fresh Passata Bolognese
Homemade Passata Recipe that is easy to make
How to make Tomato Paste Ice Cubes
The tomato recipes using fresh tomatoes
Fresh tomatoes are great as an ingredient in meals, but the type of tomatoes you grow will make a real difference.
For example:
- Roma Tomatoes – Are the classic Italian tomatoes – ideal for sauces and italian recipes
- San Marzano Tomato Seeds – Are similary but slightly different, and also ideal for Italian sauce recipes
- Tomatillo tomatoes – Are a key ingredient in Mexican recipes
If you want to start growing tomatoes indoors this is very easy to do, and will have the advantage of providing you with fresh tomatoes all year around.
Hopefully our tomato recipes using fresh tomatoes will provide inspiration, just follow the links for advice on which tomatoes to grow and how to grow them at home.