If I had to pick my favorite kind of tomatoes, it would be cherry tomatoes. Small but mighty, there are so many ways to use them from salads to sauces to pastas. Fresh tomatoes are great, but roasting boosts their flavor and makes them even more versatile.
This collection of roasted tomato recipes includes tomato-centric main dishes and sheet pan meals with other complimentary vegetables like zucchini, eggplant and potatoes.
If you have cherry tomato plants in your garden, these are all great ways to put an end-of-summer tomato surplus to use, which is a good kind of problem.
Homemade Sauces & Tomato Preservation
No canning or peeling required. These tomato-first recipes are freezer-friendly, and they can be a feature ingredient or a finishing spoonful or drizzle.
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Made with cherry tomatoes, this is a simple no-peel sauce. I roast the tomatoes with garlic and onions and puree everything.
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Roasted Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette
When you make roasted cherry tomato vinaigrette, you end up with both dressing and toppings for your salad. After that, all you need are mixed greens and shaved Parmesan.
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Cherry Tomato Confit
Low and slow is how I roast whole cherry tomatoes with olive oil, garlic cloves, fresh herbs and seasonings. The tomatoes turn out tender with garlic-infused oil.
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Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
This is Tomato Roasting 101. It covers cherry tomatoes, of course, and how to roast different sizes and varieties on the same sheet pan.
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Tomato Salads
Chickpea Greek Salad
This easy chickpea Greek salad is a twist on the usual version. It has roasted tomatoes and crispy chickpeas plus cucumbers, olives, red onions and feta.
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Roasted Tomato Pesto Pasta Salad
Inspired by a classic caprese, this pasta salad combines roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, chives and toasted pine nuts. I toss everything in pesto vinaigrette.
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Roasted Zucchini Tomato Lentil Salad
With garlic balsamic vinaigrette, you can make and assemble this roasted zucchini tomato lentil salad ahead of time.
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Roasted Tomato Pesto Potato Salad
It’s pesto for the win in this roasted tomato potato salad. Fingerling potatoes and cherry tomatoes end up herby and garlicky. It shows how pesto works with more than pasta.
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Pasta Recipes
You’ll need a baking sheet or pan for these tomato pastas. They involve gnocchi, short pasta shapes like orecchiette and penne and even orzo. Roasted tomatoes fall apart in a good way. The result is a self-saucing pasta.
Sheet Pan Cherry Tomato Gnocchi
Ready in 30 minutes, this cherry tomato sheet pan gnocchi uses a mix of dried spices to flavor this quick and easy one-pan meal.
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Roasted Balsamic Vegetable Pasta
Before I roast tomatoes, zucchini and squash, I marinate them in balsamic vinaigrette. Then I stir them with penne, parmesan and basil.
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Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta
I roast tomatoes, smashed garlic cloves, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and seasonings in a baking dish. Orecchiette scoops up the roasted tomatoes and their juices.
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Roasted Tomato Zucchini Orzo
Roasting the veggies side-by-side on a single sheet pan makes this 30-minute tomato zucchini orzo a simple recipe that just needs a few spoonfuls of pesto stirred in to finish it.
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Roasted Tomato Burrata Pasta
After the cherry tomatoes finish roasting, I toss them with spaghetti right in the pan. Then I serve it with creamy burrata and fresh basil.
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Dinner Recipes
These non-pasta main dish recipes pair tomatoes with pantry ingredients like grains and chickpeas plus a mix of additional vegetables. Think about making one or more of them when you’re looking for an easy vegetarian dinner.
Roasted Ratatouille Quinoa
I make a sheet pan version of ratatouille with all the summer vegetables: tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, peppers and onions. Then I combine them with quinoa.
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Roasted Eggplant, Tomatoes and Chickpeas
After I pull roasted eggplant and tomatoes and crispy chickpeas out of the oven, I toss them with arugula and drizzle them with a lemon tahini sauce.
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Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables and Halloumi
I stir roasted zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, onions and halloumi with a lemony and herby parsley sauce.
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Tomatoes on Toast
Give me a couple slices of artisan bread with a good crust or a bagel, and I will use roasted tomatoes to turn it into lunch and sometimes dinner. I like to serve both of these with a simple arugula salad.
Pesto Eggs with Roasted Tomatoes
I top pesto scrambled eggs with roasted tomatoes and spoon everything onto toast, preferably sourdough.
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Caprese Bagel
This caprese bagel goes all in on basil. To start, there is pesto spread on the bagel. Then I tuck basil leaves in between roasted cherry tomatoes and mozzarella.
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