Tomato Recipes & Ideas

Grab your sheet pan.

Trust us: This is best (and easiest!) thing you'll cook in your Instant Pot this year.

This saucy, slightly spicy dish is the comforting weekend breakfast you need.

Just stick to this simple formula.

Plus, you'll have enough leftovers for days.

The only late-summer appetizer you need.

Freeze it now, enjoy great lasagna later.

Green tomatoes — not to be confused with tomatillos — are simply regular tomatoes that haven’t ripened to redness, yet. Tomatoes can keep producing fruit well into fall, but they need temperatures of 75 degrees or more in order to reach full growth and optimum ripeness. Therefore, most tomatoes that start growing in the fall stay small and green. Don’t throw them out, though.The good news is that green tomatoes are still edible, delicious, and good for so many things!

All the proof you need that canned tomatoes are the MVP of your pantry.

Tomato purée is a cooking essential you might be missing. Simpler and a bit thicker than its flavorful cousin, tomato sauce, tomato purée is a fast way to quickly prepare and freeze a bushel of fresh tomatoes for future cooking. Plum or Roma tomatoes are best for purée because they are generally grown for preserving. Paste, oven-dried tomatoes, and sauce are all made from these varieties — they are low in water content and rich in flavor.

It's the secret to a perfectly crisp coating.

If you think you detect a hint of chocolate in your chili, you're not wrong.

Spread it onto bread, fold into omelets, or eat spoonfuls with ricotta.

The first thing I ever cooked for my wife, Grace, were these meatballs

Make it once and eat all week.

This recipe takes less than five minutes to pull together and then rewards you with a delicious, healthy dinner at the end of the day.

Use the ripest, peak-season tomatoes you can find.

It's the perfect way to use up your tomato haul.

It's slow-simmered and meat-packed.

Your food processor is key.

It's bright, fresh, and a breeze to whip together.

A weeknight-friendly take on the classic dish.

It only takes 10 minutes, and it's the easiest, best way to preserve tomatoes for the cold months ahead.

Of course Ina has the smartest way to make lasagna ahead!

If you're looking for a quick way to preserve a bunch of cherry tomatoes, pickling is a unique way to put them to good use.

Toss it on a grain bowl, salad, or even over pasta all week long.

This is a curry dish that benefits from a nice, long simmer anyway, so why not let that happen while you're off doing other things?

Pro tip: Add extra-creamy burrata as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Like a tomato and mayo sandwich, in pie form.

These oven-dried tomatoes are nothing like their sun-dried cousins.

Yes, it is really that quick.

Layers of sweet potatoes and black beans amped up with smoked mozzarella and smoked paprika make for one seriously satisfying dinner.

It's gluten-free *and* whole-grain.

That's right — there's no cheese!

Pepperoni pizza meets pasta bake.

Bonus: It doubles as a condiment.

Put this one on repeat.

Ready the rice!

The classic pasta sauce just got a whole lot easier.

This recipe is #momgoals.

This tangy, rich dish will satisfy anyone.

It's a surprising trick with big payoff.

Low effort, big payoff.

This thick and silky French stew of eggplant, zucchini, sweet peppers, and ripe summer tomatoes will use up your extra vegetables in one fell swoop.

It looks fancy and tastes complex, and yet it's not hard to make.

This is especially great to make with kids!

No stuffing and rolling required for this easy cabbage soup.

It tastes just like apple pie.

Cook once and eat it all week long.

A hearty, crowd-pleasing dinner that feels right any night of the week.

Grown-ups and kids alike will love this taco-meets-casserole mash-up.