Use up all those summer tomatoes with these easy tomato recipes

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If you grow your own tomatoes or simply snag them from your local grocer or farmer’s market, you know that our love affair is almost over. Soon it will be fall and we’ll be rolling around like dogs in pumpkin puree instead. So we need to celebrate the summer fruit veggie fruit(?) that is… the luscious tomato.

Here are three of my favorite easy tomato recipes to use up your summer supply. Let’s get cooking…

Mango salsa pasta salad

Mangoes are such a good fruit and make an epic salsa. So I thought I’d take the flavors of mango salsa (mangoes, onions, tomatoes, etc.) and translate it into a pasta salad. Thus we’ve got mango salsa pasta salad. Oh, it’s good, it’s versatile, it’s vegan, and it’s so so easy. And remember: tomatoes aren’t the only produce to leave town in the fall. Mangoes are summer fruits, too!

Get the recipe here.

Herbed heirloom tomato tart

This super easy tomato tart uses ready-to-bake puff pastry and a yummy herbed cream cheese spread as the base for tons of heirloom tomatoes. Those big, brown kumatos are so tasty.

Get the recipe here.

Caprese stuffed portobellos with brown butter

This east tomato recipe differs in that it’s HOT instead of cool. But it takes advantage of those tomatoes just as well. A little brown butter adds an even richer flavor. All you have to do to create these caprese stuffed portobellos is fill the mushrooms, stick them under the broiler, and devour.

Get the recipe here.

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About the Author: Catherine Clark

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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.