The first ripe, red, juicy tomatoes are hitting the markets, just in time for the Fourth of July! I have slowly ripening tomatoes on my own vines, too, and I can hardly wait to create my first summer tomato salad. So let's look forward to the juicy, delicious summer salads that await us this summer, with a dozen recipes that range from the classic caprese salad, to pasta salad with tomatoes and olives, to salads of sweet corn and chopped tomatoes.
TOP ROW
• 1 Tomato Salad with Red Onion, Dill and Feta - A crunchy, savory, lively salad.
• 2 The Classic Caprese Salad - The classic.
• 3 BLT Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette - BLT in salad form!
• 4 Grilled Zucchini and Grape Tomato Salad - Put your grill to work and add some smoky flavor to your salad.
• 5 The Perfect Tomato Salad - Perfect, sublime.
MIDDLE ROW
• 6 Herbed Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad - My own favorite summer tomato salad.
• 7 Heirloom Tomato and Burrata Salad - It doesn't get better (or simpler) than this!
• 8 Roasted Garlic, Olive and Tomato Pasta Salad - A fabulous potluck and picnic recipe.
• 9 Tomato and Boquerones Salad with Garlicky Breadcrumbs - Piquant and savory.
• 10 Arugula with Orzo and Garden Tomatoes - A light lunch recipe, with tomatoes tossed with arugula and tomato.
BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Tomato and Mozzarella Skewers with Basil Oil - Salad on a stick! So smart and pretty.
• 12 Panzanella - A heartier tomato and bread salad.
Do you have a favorite tomato salad that didn't make this list?
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I make a Curried Tomato and Arugula Salad that's an alltime favorite. These look great, and I've had juicy tomatoes on the brain - thanks!
All of these looks delicious. I am SOOO looking forward to tomato seasonkicking into gear. These un-seasonable cooler temps in Northern California are not helping matters.
Man I love tomatoes to death - that nigella lawson egyptian tomato salad where you blanch them then have the olive oil, garlic, and spring onion dressing with flaky salt and lemon? NOM
Alton Brown's BLT Panzanella is a salad that's a meal and really makes use of tomatoes!
These look great. I'm pretty sure I could eat one of these every day for the rest of the summer! I love this Heirloom and Tomato Peach Salad, which combines my two favorite summer foods of all time.
Fire and Ice Tomatoes are the classic Southern summer salad of my childhood. I'll be putting together a big bowl to have around this weekend. http://bit.ly/cMF9WH
These all look delicious!
Lately, I've been enjoying a wonderful twist on the classic caprese from the Smitten Kitchen: Cubed, Hacked Caprese. Being more of a traditionalist than I realized, I couldn't bring myself to add the white beans, but I did serve the salad over mixed greens and cold, cooked capellini. Marvelous.
My family is from Slovenia and they eat tomato salad every day when tomatoes are in season. It's the best tomato salad I've had anywhere. Good, juicy tomatoes are key to a successful salad and pumpkin oil, which you can get in some health food stores. It's dark brown and has a rich, nutty flavor that pairs very well with tomatoes. Here's the "recipe":
Toss tomatoes with pepper, salt and a little bit of pumpkin oil. Add some sliced red onion if you like. Let it sit for a few minutes. The juice of the tomatoes will mix with the oil to create a delicious "dressing." Enjoy with some crusty bread, which you can dunk in the dressing and use to clean up the bowl. It's astonishing.
My fave is cubed tomatoes with lots of chopped fresh herbs (basil, parsley, whatever you've got), red onion, lemon juice and zaatar.
After my post about Gazpacho i was having a break of tomatoes but looking your recipes I think i am ready for more tomatoes!!
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles. These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles. These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles. These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles, loved it.
These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles, loved it.
These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
I actually made the Cubed, Hacked Caprese salad last night from Smitten Kitchen and added tofu angel hair noodles, loved it.
These noodles tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil served room temp is really good too.
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/04107-tofu-shiritaki-angel-hair
Love Yotam Ottolenghi's marinated mozzarella with tomato. Recipe for the marinade is here. Leave the mozzarella in for about 30 minutes and serve with lovely fresh tomatoes.
Oh yes me too...the Ottolenghi marinated mozzarella with tomato is a favorite of mine...also this Tomato Walnut Salad...
http://impeccabletasty.blogspot.com/2011/05/tomato-walnut-salad.html