Easy Tomato Recipes For Summer

Easy Tomato Recipes For Summer are a wonderful way to enjoy the ripe, sweet, and juicy tomatoes at their best. They're perfect for quick salads, simple pasta dishes, baked meals, sauces, soups, and fresh side dishes that brighten up warm days. These recipes come together effortlessly and bring a little colour to lunches, dinners, and summer gatherings.

Braised Green Beans

My easy Green Beans Recipe is made with fresh green beans, ripe tomatoes, onions, garlic, and good-quality olive oil. It is simple, healthy, naturally vegan, and perfect as a light main meal, side dish, or part of a Mediterranean-style spread. This Turkish-style green bean dish is cooked slowly with the juices from the tomatoes until the beans are tender and full of flavour, and it tastes even better when made ahead.

To learn more: Green Beans Recipe

Imam Bayildi

Imam Bayildi (Turkish Stuffed Aubergines) is a classic Ottoman dish made with aubergines cooked in a generous amount of olive oil and then stuffed with a mixture of onions, tomatoes, and garlic.

Packed with Mediterranean flavors, this plant-based dish is a very easy yet extremely delicious recipe to make. 

To learn more: Imam Bayildi (Turkish Stuffed Eggplant)

Tomato Bulgur Pilaf

My easy Bulgur Pilaf is simple, healthy, full of flavour, and ready in about 30 minutes. It is made with coarse bulgur, butter, orzo, tomato paste, fresh tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and hot stock.

To learn more: Bulgur Pilaf

Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables

Türlü is a healthy and delicious Mediterranean dish made with a mix of seasonal vegetables roasted with olive oil and tomato. It’s a simple, wholesome meal that’s full of soft, tender vegetables and warm spices. Türlü is often served as a main or a side and is perfect for using up whatever vegetables you have in the kitchen.

To learn more: Türlü - Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables

Shakshuka

Traditional Shakshuka is a delicious egg-based dish made with peppers, onions, fresh tomatoes, and eggs, topped with cheese and herbs. This simple yet filling dish is typically served in North Africa with flatbread or crusty bread as a light dinner.

To learn more: Traditional Shakshuka

Tomato Chili Jam

This sweet and spicy Thai Style Tomato Chili Jam is super easy to make at home as long as you have a food processor and a saucepan! It is a fuss-free type of recipe that you can put together in less than 10 minutes and forget about for a couple of hours.

To learn more: Thai Style Tomato Chili Jam

Tomato Walnut Salad

Gavurdagi Salatasi (Turkish Tomato Walnut Salad) is a healthy yet delicious Mediterranean dish made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, and crunchy walnuts. It is full of different textures and flavors and goes perfectly with all sorts of seafood or meat dishes.

To learn more: Gavurdagi Salatasi (Turkish Tomato Walnut Salad)

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup is super easy to make, extremely delicious, healthy, and full of Mediterranean flavors. This low-carb keto soup is made with roasted red peppers, juicy summer tomatoes, and onions. The natural flavor of the fresh tomatoes is what determines the flavor of the soup, so using fully ripe tomatoes is the key to success!

To learn more: Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Tomato Rice Pilaf

My Tomato and Rice Recipe is a Turkish side dish called Domatesli Pilav, made with short-grain rice, fresh tomatoes, butter, olive oil, and a little seasoning. It is fluffy, lightly tangy, and perfect to serve with kebabs, stews, or casseroles.

To learn more: Tomato and Rice Recipe 

Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad

This Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad is quick and easy to make, using just a handful of ingredients you can find all year round. It is fresh and simple, and it’s one of those salads you can put together without much thought. It works well when you want something light and healthy, but still delicious.

To learn more: Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad

Chicken Handi

This easy Chicken Handi recipe is a delightful and aromatic curry dish that features marinated tender chicken pieces cooked in a creamy and spicy tomato-based sauce.

To learn more: Chicken Handi

Turkish Vegetable Meze

Saksuka (Turkish Vegetable Meze) is a very much-loved vegan dish made of shallow-fried vegetables and a simple tomato sauce. The star ingredient in this plant-based dish is the aubergine, and the other vegetables vary from region to region.

To learn more: Saksuka (Turkish Vegetable Meze)