From Midwest Living

Team garden-ripe tomatoes with fresh basil to make this wonderfully cheesy tart. Serve as an appetizer or a meatless main dish.

Fresh Tomato Tart

From Fine Cooking Magazine

When all those ripe, red summer tomatoes start to overtake the counter, I pull out my biggest saucepan and get to work on a big batch of fresh tomato sauce. Because this sauce freezes so well, you can enjoy the essence of summer's flavors long after the last tomato plant has withered--insurance of the seasonal kind.

Fresh Tomato Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Try this sweet, spreadable tomato jam recipe that's perfect for toast or as an accompaniment to your favorite meat.

Sweet Tomato Jam

From Better Homes and Gardens

This simple side dish of tomato slices, cheese, sweet pepper, and almonds can be made hours ahead and served fresh from the oven or grill.

Grilled Tomato Melts

From Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry

This meatless main features flaky puff pastry topped with roasted tomatoes and onion, and lots of shredded mozzarella cheese. It's so good, it will have everyone craving vegetarian fare.

Roasted Tomato and Onion Tart

From Food & Wine

Cooked for hours at a low temperature, these tomatoes develop the concentrated flavor of sun-dried but retain the juiciness of the fresh-off-the vine kind. Use them in salads, pastas, bean dishes and soups, or puree for an instant sauce.

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

From Better Homes and Gardens

This quick-to-fix homemade sauce of fresh tomatoes, kalamata olives, and rosemary is served with fried polenta. For full flavor, sprinkle shredded smoked Gouda cheese.

Polenta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

From Pepperidge Farm

Ripe, juicy tomatoes are the secret to this summery salad that gets color and flavor from cucumber, onions, capers and crunch croutons. But the best part is, it's ready in just 20 minutes.

Italian-Style Tomato Salad

From The Food Channel

Simple, simple, simple. That's what this dish is. And to top that off, it's simply delicious.

Heirloom Tomatoes with Feta Cheese

From Ladies' Home Journal

Make this fresh tomato and cheese recipe as an appetizer or side dish to serve at summer cookouts.

Tomato Tart

From Better Homes and Gardens

These fresh, bright color skewers are summer-fresh appetizers. Fresh mozzarella is usually shaped in balls and packaged in whey or water. The soft texture and mild flavor make them ideal for marinating.

Tomato Mozzarella Skewers

From The Food Channel

This quick cooking side will add a burst of color to your table.

Cheesy Stuffed Tomatoes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Miniature tomatoes grilled or cooked stovetop with brown sugar and spices make a delicious relish in less than 30 minutes.

Grilled Pear Tomato Relish

From Better Homes and Gardens

Tomatoes are available year-round, but the best time to buy them is at the height of summer when they're sweet and juicy. Fresh tomatoes make all the difference in this olive-laden relish. It works well with fish.

Greek Tomato Relish

From The Food Channel

This bright red jam is kind of like a homemade ketchup, but so much better. Use it as you would ketchup or any condiment. Its fresh tomato flavor works wonders on burgers or hot dogs, scrambled eggs and all kinds of sandwiches.

Tomato Jam

From Food & Wine

Tangy feta cheese, a bright herbal pesto, and a crisp bread crumb topping all elevate this tomato-bean stew. It's sensational made with meaty Rancho Gordo giant limas from Peru, silky gigantes, or large limas from the grocery store.

Giant Lima Beans with Stewed Tomatoes and Oregano Pesto

From Food & Wine

Peggy Markel saw okra (which in India is known as ladyfingers) at markets all over Rajasthan. To add complexity to a simple stewed okra-and-tomato dish, Soban Singh Bedla showed Markel how to cook whole cumin seeds, turmeric, and chile powder in oil before adding the vegetables, which brings out the spices' depth of flavor.

Stewed Okra and Tomatoes

From Food & Wine

Chris Cosentino remembers charring tomatoes when he was a line cook under chef Mark Miller at Red Sage in Washington, DC. "Mark always said, 'It needs fleck,'" Cosentino says, referring to the blackened bits on the skins. "The fire brings out the sweetness in the tomatoes."

Skillet-Charred Cherry Tomatoes with Basil

From The Food Channel

Perhaps you've had a Caprese Salad, but have you ever enjoyed it as a finger food? This little appetizer is perfect for get-togethers with friends or family -- elegant yet casual, and remarkably easy.

Caprese Salad Appetizer

From The Food Channel

These mini sandwiches are ideal for entertaining, especially in the summertime, when you can use fresh, home-grown tomatoes.

Tomato and Cucumber Sandwiches

From Better Homes and Gardens

Perfect for summertime picnics, this take-along sandwich features all the vegetables that make up gazpacho, but packed into a baguette.

Gazpacho Sandwich to Go

From Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry

These appetizing Napoleons have three layers of flaky pastry layered with sauteed mushrooms, sliced tomatoes and provolone.

Portobello Mushroom Napoleon Appetizers

From Vegetarian Times

Even in winter, you can find good cherry tomatoes once known as love apples. They make perfect vessels for the sumptuous herbed goat cheese filling. Toss any leftover cheese mixture with hot pasta, or spread it on sandwiches.

Cheese-Stuffed Love Apples

From Ladies' Home Journal

If you've never tried caponata, make it for dinner tonight. A combination of eggplant, onion, tomatoes, olive oil, and vinegar, this Italian classic captures the best of Mediterranean flavors.

Caponata with Portobello Mushrooms

From Ladies' Home Journal

Pasta smothered with tomato-vegetable sauce and a dollop of ricotta makes this vegetarian meal rich tasting yet low in fat.

Pasta with Tomato-Vegetable Sauce and Ricotta