40+ Tomato Week Recipes for Everyday Cooking

 

As well as Vegetarian Week 16-20 May 2016 also sees Tomato Week so here are 40+ tomato recipes from the Maison Cupcake archives and other British food blogging friends.

There’s a bit of overlap between this list and the one I just compiled with 40+ vegetarian recipes but many extra pescatarian and carnivore tomato recipes in addition.

There are a wide variety of tomato recipes here using both fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes, bottled sundried tomatoes in oil and tomato puree. One of my core recipes in the kitchen at home is my bulk batch tomato sauce (pictured above) originally based on a River Café recipe so look out for that below. It’s extremely useful and I make a load of it at least every other week.

I have in the past grown tomatoes in the garden. Gardening is not my forte, I am a neglectful gardener who happens to have ridiculously fertile and forgiving soil borders facing west. But I feel I have enough to keep me busy indoors so delegate garden stuff to the husband. So more lately we’ve moved onto guerrilla gardening of bountiful yet attention deficit suffering raspberries we inherited from our former neighbour and gardening writer Martyn Cox. I miss growing tomatoes but they’re SO needy and want watering all the time. Thank goodness you can buy them cheaply in tins. That’s my excuse anyway.

Tomato Appetisers, Soups and Starters

Tomatoes have lots of versatility when it comes to starter dishes. From salads to soups and salsa, tomatoes are the backbone of all kinds of small dishes from home and afar.

Roast Tomato and Pepper Soup

Gemista Greek Stuffed Tomatoes by Lovely Appetite

http://www.tamingtwins.com/tomato-basil-soup-with-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/

Wake Up Bloody Mary by Veggie Desserts

Grandfather’s Spicy Tomato Ketchup by Kavey Eats

http://dinnerwithcrayons.com/piedmont-peppers/

Heirloom tomato salad with olives, basil and sumac

https://development.maisoncupcake.com/herceg-novi-ajvar/

http://www.littlesunnykitchen.com/2016/05/5-ingredient-tomato-soup/

http://recipesfromapantry.com/2015/08/09/baked-cinnamon-and-allspice-tomatoes/

Chorizo canapes with mozzarella and rocket

Polenta Crust Turkey Burgers with Tomato Salsa

Tomato soup with gnocchi and aubergine ‘croutons’

Tomato Side dishes

Cooked tomatoes can be a side dish on their own and indeed I often serve a dollop of my slow cooked tomato sauce upon other dishes whenever there’s a batch in the fridge. Otherwise tomatoes can add flavour to rices, couscous and pulse dishes.

Slow Cook Tomato Sauce

Tomato sauce with seaweed by Tin & Thyme

Rustic Greek Beans by Tinned Tomatoes

Tomato Couscous

https://development.maisoncupcake.com/harissa-chick-peas/

Baked tomato savouries

Tomatoes add fantastic depth to savoury pastries and muffins. Whether baked in a muffin or sitting in an eggy quiche, they’re happy used centre stage or as a double act with other ingredients.

Pizza Muffins with Black Olives

Baby Pepper Quiche with Sundried Tomato

Courgette tomato halloumi tart by Planet Veggie

Tomato Olive Caper Tart

Courgette, blue cheese and cherry tomato quiche by Kavey Eats

https://development.maisoncupcake.com/recipe-mini-pizzas-al-fresco/

Tomato Loaf Bread Maker (Gluten Free)

Tomato Brunch Dishes

Tomato and eggs pair up as the classic brunch double act. If you’ve got eggs and canned tomatoes, you’re never far from an easy storecupboard dish.

Baked Eggs with Avocado

http://dinnerwithcrayons.com/huevos-rancheros-with-gran-luchito/

Rye Toast with Bloody Mary Topping

Tomato based main courses

Tomatoes are just as happy being the background chords to your foodie symphony. See how wonderfully they chime behind seafood, meatballs or pasta dishes.

Pennoni with Chilli Mussels (Giant Pasta)

http://recipesfromapantry.com/2016/04/12/jollof-spaghetti-pasta-african-recipe/

http://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/one-pot-butternut-squash-chorizo-casserole/

Quick Roast Cherry Tomato Sauce by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary

Meatball Casserole Moroccan Tagine

http://thinlyspread.co.uk/2016/05/05/one-pot-quinoa-chilli/

Tomato Pasta recipe by Lovely Appetite

Baked Pulpetti – A Maltese Recipe

http://www.amuse-your-bouche.com/vegetarian-sausage-casserole/

Ham Vegetable Pasta Bake

Prawn Mushroom Spinach Curry by Fab Food 4 All

Linguine, ham and olives

Roast vegetable, veggie sausage and chick pea bake by Tinned Tomatoes

http://www.amuse-your-bouche.com/mediterranean-lentil-meatballs/

Spelt Pizza Dough with Three Pizza Toppings

Take a look also at my list of 40 vegetarian recipes for Vegetarian Week (which in the UK is the same week as Tomato Week!)