Stuffed Tomatoes or Pomodori alla Lucani, a lovely Italian dish from Basilicata made of baked sweet tomatoes stuffed with a toasted bread crumb and pine nuts mixture. I have the loveliest Italian stuffed tomatoes recipe for us today. You guys, I just can’t let go of the tomatoes season quite yet, especially as we just harvested a nice batch of grandpa’s heirlooms. We’ve been living on his cucumber tomato salad all summer long, but to make a meal of things I decided to stuff some as well. There ...
Fresh Tomato Recipes
Tomato Tart Recipe with Goat Cheese & Puff Pastry
A simple tomato tart recipe made with flaky puff pastry sheets covered in whipped goat cheese, then layered with the finest heirloom tomatoes and fresh herbs. A sheet of store bought puff pastry, a creamy goat cheese that I whipped in my food processor with a little olive oil, plus freshly picked heirloom tomatoes and herbs. Seriously, the easiest tomato tart recipe you will ever make! I beg to argue it s also the best, but hey I might be a little partial so don’t take my word for it, ...
Tomato Burrata Caprese Salad
This Burrata Caprese salad recipe is for those days when you have the finest heirloom tomatoes sitting on the kitchen counter, but can’t decide between fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese to pile them over. The struggle is real! So you naturally reach for the finest soft cheese on the planet, right? And you make a tomato burrata salad served over fresh basil pesto, like a boss! Because If you have perfect tomatoes, you most likely have a little bit too much fresh basil that needs to be used ...
Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipe
The best fresh tomato salsa recipe or “ salsa fresca ", made with freshly picked heirloom tomatoes, beautiful green and red onions, fragrant cilantro, jalapeño and fresh lime juice. Homemade, from scratch! Healthy and easy like Sunday morning, you can also make it with red or green tomatoes, tomatillo, and If you aren’t a fan of cilantro just leave it out and replace it with basil. The perfect topping for my Mexican Shrimp Tacos, pupusas, to spoon over a gorgeous piece of salmon, grilled ...
Grilled Bruschetta Panzanella Salad Recipe
How to make grilled Panzanella salad, one of the most delicious classic Italian bread salads, a Tuscan peasant dish worthy of royalty, traditionally made with day old bread. Because bread and tomatoes you guys! It really can't get any better than a bowl of this summer bruschetta panzanella salad and a pitcher of strawberry lemonade under the shade of the grapevine, outside my kitchen door. Two of my favorite things making the most beautiful mess of all. Grilled crusty bread, fragrant ...
Tomato Ricotta Tart Recipe
An exquisite Italian tomato ricotta art recipe made with flavorful heirlooms, creamy ricotta and pockets of burrata cheese! This ricotta tomato tart recipe is everything kids! Especially because you know me, I don’t always bake, but when I do, it’s gotta be with some creamy ricotta cheese ! You know, ricotta muffins, ricotta cake, ricotta pizza ! Yum! I really can not help myself with all those insanely beautiful heirloom tomatoes around me. You do know how me and tomatoes have had a thing ...
Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
Get goosebumps when you bite into this aromatic Tomato Basil Salad. Fresh heirloom tomatoes and shallots combine with a tart chive vinaigrette for the perfect lunch or side. Add the various basil leaves and blossoms for a simple, yet elegant, salad. Tomato Basil Salad This is the perfect summary dish because these basil blossoms just scream the perfect warm weather herb.There’s just something about their flavor that pairs with the summer air so flawlessly. Not to mention, the chives make ...
Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe
Creamy, healthy and tasty heirloom Tomato Avocado Salad with purple onions and cilantro, in a zesty olive oil lime dressing! The perfect, California style summer salad to serve next to grilled chicken, shrimp or steak. Add some feta, queso fresco or blue cheese on top If you want and call it lunch. If your tomatoes are more on the acidic side I’d suggest adding a drizzle of honey to the dressing. This is the time to splurge on those sweet, colorful heirloom tomatoes at the market, the ...