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6 Awesome Recipes to Make With Summer Tomatoes

July 20, 2020

Isn’t tomato season the best? Nothing beats a perfect tomato sandwich or a simple Caprese salad, but if you want to think outside of the box a little, here are 6 awesome recipes to make with summer tomatoes. You’ll be wishing for summer year-round!

a photo collage showing various recipes to make with summer tomatoes

There are not many times of the year that I think are better than July, August, and early September, because tomatoes. I think we are all pretty much in agreement about the fact that a tomato outside of these three months is pretty much just a vaguely tomato-flavored orb. A summer tomato, though…well, there just really isn’t much that I love more. I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite recipes to make with summer tomatoes!

Green Tomatoes

Your tomatoes don’t have to be ripe to be a perfect specimen. In fact, I love a green tomato almost as much as I love a perfectly ripe red tomato that requires three napkins (and probably a sink to lean over) to eat. Green tomatoes aren’t always easy to find, but this is one iteration of tomato that I am happy to buy at the supermarket, and they are usually available at Publix. I haven’t tried it, but I have read that if you can’t find a green tomato, an unripe supermarket red tomato can actually make a decent substitute.

Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes
Everyone automatically thinks of fried green tomatoes, and there’s a reason for that. I am not a huge fan of frying, though, so I dip the tomatoes in the coating, give them a spritz of oil, and bake them in the oven. You could totally do these in the air fryer as well!
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Fried green tomatoes are Southern food at its best, but oven-fried green tomatoes take the messy, popping oil factor out of the equation! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
Fried Green Tomato Sandwich With Bacon
I realize that it’s barely a variation of the last recipe, but how can you go wrong when you put oven-fried green tomatoes on a chewy hoagie roll with bacon and remoulade? That’s right. You can’t.
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If you love fried green tomatoes and bacon, you'll love this fried green tomato sandwich with bacon and remoulade! It's a new Southern classic. | recipe from Chattavore.com

Beefsteak Tomatoes

The classics, beefsteak tomatoes are what you see on just about every produce stand’s tables this time of year. When they are perfectly ripe, they are impossibly red and juicy and I couldn’t possibly hate on them. Feel free to sub in any red, yellow, orange, or even purple tomato in these recipes!

Pimento Cheese Tomato Pie
Tomato pie is a classic. Usually, the filling is made with onions, cheese, and mayonnaise, so pimento cheese is just a little bit of a variation. Feel free to make your own or use your favorite store-bought brand. I used Palmetto Cheese for the pie pictured here. However you make it, it will be perfect.
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Pimento cheese tomato pie is a perfectly simple, Southern dish that is wonderful as a main or a side, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
Tomato Cobbler With Biscuit Topping
Fresh summer tomatoes and onions topped with homemade garlic cheddar biscuits? Yes please!
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tomato cobbler | chattavore

Grape or Cherry Tomatoes

Tiny tomatoes can be a little harder to find at the farmers market or produce stand, but you can find them if you look hard enough. Or grow your own! But seriously, even if you make these recipes with grocery store tomatoes, you won’t regret it.

BLT Pasta Salad
This BLT pasta salad has rotini pasta, bacon, grape tomatoes, and romaine lettuce tossed in a buttermilk-mayo dressing. It’s a BLT in a bowl!
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Chattavore.com | BLT pasta salad is a BLT sandwich in a bowl!
Grilled Naan Bread Pizza With Grape Tomatoes and Basil
When you want a grilled pizza but don’t want to fool with homemade dough, naan bread is there for you. Grape tomatoes pair perfectly with fresh mozzarella and basil atop the charred bread!
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I hope these recipes get you excited about summer tomatoes! I know that I am personally excited to still have a couple of months to look forward to them. If writing this post has shown me anything, though, it’s that I need to get on creating more tomato recipes for you!

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