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    50+ Best Fresh Tomato Recipes

    Updated May 1, 2026 / By Holly Erickson & Natalie Mortimer

    If you’ve got a pile of ripe summer tomatoes, this roundup has you covered with simple, flavorful ways to use ripe, juicy tomatoes all summer long. From caprese inspired salads to saucy pastas and shareable appetizers, these are recipes you’ll love to make!

    • Summer
    • Breakfast
    • Brunch
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Roundups
    A bowl of braised tomatoes topped with burrata cheese and basil leaves, served with slices of grilled bread on the side

    It’s Summer, Got Tomatoes?

    Wondering how to use all those tomatoes popping up in your garden? Or perhaps how to incorporate those cheery store-bought beauties picked in their peak of freshness? Well, good news! We’re here with 30 + gorgeous fresh tomato recipes that will put all of that sweet summer bounty to good use. So grab a pound or twenty of your favorite variety of juicy ripe tomatoes and go to town!

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    50+ Best Fresh Tomato Recipes

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    • Emma

      5-star rating

      These recipes are so so so so so helpful when looking for a healthy, yet delicious snack!

      Thanks Emma, we are so glad you loved it!

    • Kolie

      5-star rating

      Good

      Thanks Kolie!

    • Brycen

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      Someone just gave me like 20 fresh ripe tomatoes. Now I need to figure out how to use them up before they go bad. Your page has been helpful

      Yay! So glad!

    • mini

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      Just here admiring the photos in October, because tomato season is over and I already miss it 😭

      I feel ya! Pin a few of these recipes and make them next tomato season!