31 Delicious Summer Tomato Recipes (2024)

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What can I do with extra summer tomatoes? ›

In the case of tomatoes, the salt is also drawing water out, intensifying the fruits' natural flavors.

"Slowly roasting low-moisture tomatoes—such as plum and Roma—concentrates their flavor and caramelizes their natural sugars for a mellow sweetness with just a touch of tang," Chris says in his new book The New Rules: Recipes That Will Change The Way You Cook. "Add them to sandwiches, soups or stews, or toss with pasta.

Yes, there are other ways to make your tomatoes taste even better and increase the acidity. There is lemon, vinegar, or my personal favorite, balsamic. Just imagine a tomato bruschetta with a balsamic vinaigrette drizzled on top.

The best methods for the long-term storage of tomatoes are canning, drying, or making canned preserves like salsa, pasta sauce, relish, or ketchup. Once the tomatoes are sealed in an airtight jar, they'll last you all winter and beyond.

Did you know that you can freeze raw tomatoes with and without their skins? Tomatoes may be frozen raw or cooked, whole, sliced, chopped, or puréed. Tomatoes do not need to be blanched before freezing.

Epsom salt spray can be used late in the growing season to increase tomato and pepper yield and keep plants green and bushy. Early in the season, you can add Epsom salt to the soil to aid germination, early root and cell development, photosynthesis, and plant growth, and prevent blossom-end rot.

Fact! Adding Epsom salts to your plant either through foliar spray or direct watering is a great way of boosting micronutrient absorption. This helps your tomato plant produce large, juicy, and very sweet fruits. Remember that a little bit goes a long way and too much can cause more problem than it fixes.

Tomatoes are prone to magnesium deficiency later in the growing season, which can show with yellowing leaves and diminished production. Ultra Epsom Salt treatments at the beginning of their planting and throughout their seasonal life can help to prevent and remedy magnesium deficiency in your tomato plants.

How do you make tomatoes taste sweeter? ›

Second when tomatos begin to appear and are about 1 inch in diameter lightly sprinkle baking soda around each plant to make them sweeter. Repeat this process again when tomatoes are about half grown. I used a lot of baking soda in his picture so it would show up but about 1/4 cup per plant is plenty.

In the US, grocery fruits and some veggies are bred for long shelf life, not flavor. They are picked very early, long before they've ripened, and although they might develop color off the vine, they cannot develop flavor. This is done to maximize the profit the stores can squeeze out.

While your red sauce is likely a menu mainstay, don't overlook the fact that it's also a superfood when you heat the humble tomato magic happens! Heating tomatoes for 30 minutes boosts the levels of absorbable lycopene by 35%. The study found that it raised the total power of the disease-fighting antioxidant by 62%.