10 Delicious Ways to Use Up Summer Tomatoes

This Tuscan classic tosses crusty bread with ripe tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, basil and a zesty vinaigrette. The bread soaks it all up like Doctor Strange scanning timelines for the one where this salad isn’t a banger. (Spoiler: there isn’t one.)

Grilled bread + garlicky tomato topping + sweet balsamic drizzle = summer appetizer perfection. It takes a mere 10 minutes to whip up but tastes like you slaved away for an hour.

Cold soup might sound like a crime against comfort food, but stay with me. Blend up tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, onion and garlic and suddenly it’s not weird — it’s genius, especially when the weather feels like a hairdryer to the face.

Juicy tomato slices, fresh mozzarella, basil, olive oil and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. That’s it, that’s the delicious magic.

It’s sticky, sweet, savory and ridiculously good on grilled cheese, biscuits, a cheese board or straight from the jar with a spoon.

A rich tomato and pepper sauce becomes the perfect landing pad for softly poached eggs. It’s all-around proof that tomatoes aren’t just a sidekick.

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Juice those summer tomatoes and spike them with vodka, lemon and hot sauce. Because sometimes the best way to consume vegetables is with vodka at brunch.

Hollow out large tomatoes and fill them with a mixture of breadcrumbs, herbs, cheese and if you want to get really fancy, some sausage or rice, then bake until bubbling. Let it cool before diving in, or you’ll learn the hard way that lava has a cousin and its name is stuffed tomato.

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Fresh tomatoes meet lime, cilantro, onion and jalapeño in this punchy salsa. Spoon it on everything from chips to eggs to grilled steak and thank yourself later.

Chop, sizzle and stir. This barely-cooked sauce made from tomatoes, garlic and basil clings to noodles like Ross clung to “We were on a break.”