I love having a garden. S helps me plant the garden in the spring and we check on the plants frequently for new flowers or fruit/vegetables. She has a blast getting to pick the fruits and vegetables. And of course, tries all the produce that she picks.
One of my favorite plants to grow are tomatoes. They are so easy to grow and gives you lots of fruit. But what do you do when you have a whole bowl of tomatoes?
I enjoy many tomatoes on salads. I love to throw together a quick lunch with lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, grapes, craisins, and sometimes apples. I have a new favorite light raspberry walnut dressing that is so good!
We love this Grilled Chicken Greek Salad it is perfect for dinner during the summer months.
However, my favorite recipe to use up tomatoes is Summer Tomato Pasta. This is pasta dish is quick enough to make for lunch or hearty enough for dinner.
As a bonus, all the produce is from my garden, which means it cannot get more organic than that!
- Individual Serving (multiple ingredients by number of those you are serving)
- 10 Cherry Tomatoes, cut in quarters
- 1 green onion or 1/4 small onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 cup of small pasta
- Optional vegetables: bell pepper, squash, or carrots
- Optional: parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta while preparing tomato sauce.
- Add olive oil to pan and heat over low-medium heat.
- Add in garlic, vegetables and salt and pepper.
- Stir occasionally, as the vegetables cook down.
- Serve tomato mixture over pasta.
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That pasta looks incredible! You totally just made me very hungry. š
Thank you Alyssa! Time for a snack…
That looks delicious!!!!
Thanks Ricci
YUMM!! I tried to grow tomatoes this year in our yard, but we keep having deer issues, ha! These recipes look so good! I’ll have to give them a try!
I didn’t know deer liked tomotoes! I had a squirrel steal a couple this year and then he discarded them in the yard!
Yummy! That pasta looks so delish š Jealous that you can keep a garden going. I do NOT have a green thumb.
Thank you Chelsea!
That pasta looks amazing, but I want that Greek salad! I love growing my own produce in the summer, though I wish I had a larger space. I have to supplement with some things from the farmer’s market, but I still end up with plenty of yummy things to eat.
The farmers market is such place to pick up fresh produce!
I love fresh grown tomatoes! They are just so much better than store bought. I’m pinning your recipe. It looks so good.
Thank you Alli! I hope you enjoy.
We did not get on the veggie garden train this year because we’ve had so much going on but we are planning on building a huge one next year! Can’t wait!
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I hope you have a wonderful garden next year!
Your tomatoes look great! We need to make our garden better so we can have an overpopulation of maters š
Yes, I love when we have too many tomatoes in the house!
That pasta look so so yummy! I will definitely be using this to pack for lunches this school year!
I hope you enjoy Destiny!
Much props on having a green thumb. It is so much healthier than buying some of the produce in grocery stores today.
Thanks Tameka we certainly enjoy the garden.
I really wish I could have my own garden but I live in a apartment and the location of my apartment is in the shade so plants would hardly get any sunlight. Your salad looks great Paris, way better than the salad I’m eating now!
Thank you Louida! I lived in a house for 7 years where the backyard was all shade and I missed having a garden so much. I was so happy when we moved into our new house and I had the room and perfect side yard for one.
I have considered starting a small garden for the things we eat more often than others but with the heat here in TX and the water restrictions, I don’t know if it would produce anything.
Your meals made me think we need to have a big homemade salad for dinner soon.
That’s hard Stephanie. I hope you have a nice big salad soon š
That pasta dish looks absolutely refreshing! I have never tried that shape pasta before but I think my kiddies would love it! Thanks for the recipe…
I love the small pasta and so does S!
What a simple yet amazing summer recipe. And I’m sure it taste 1000x better with garden veggies š
Thank you Samantha!
I want a garden now! And I don’t know if I have ever told you this but I LOVE the look of your blog!! Everything about it.. I’m obsessed. š
Thank you so much Lauren! You are so sweet!
MMMMM… this post made me so hungry! Saving these for later!
Thank you Liz, I hope you enjoy!
That looks delicious!!
Thanks for sharing on the #SHINEbloghop
Thank you Anne Marie!
That looks so good and is making me hungry. Yum yum
Thank you Aleshea!
LOVE fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes in a pasta sauce, just delicious!! Thanks so much for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- I hope you’ll come back with your latest makes next week!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Thank you Sarah! Me too fresh tomoatoes are so good!
I have tomatoes from a friends garden. I love your Greek combo. Can’t wait to chop that together! Thanks for sharing at #theWeekendSocial. I Always look forward to seeing what you bring to the table. Thursdays 9:00 PM EST. Pinned! š
Thank you, I love linking up at #theWeekendSocial
YUM!! Love lighter pasta dishes. I found your recipe over at the Delicious Dish Tuesday link party.Ā I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you would come over and share this recipe.Ā Iām sure our party goers would love it!Ā Here is the link http://bit.ly/1kRX8Tm.Ā Have a wonderful day!
Thank you Lori! I’ll stop by your website.
I’m quite smug about the large crop of tomatoes I have recently harvested (no easy feat when living in wet and rainy England) This is a great recipe that I look forward to testing out! Thanks
That’s awesome Rachael! I hope you enjoy the recipe.
What a super easy sauce. I’ll have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday. Pinned.
Thank you Erlene! I hope you enjoy!
Thanks for sharing the recipe, it looks absolutely delicious and I love tiny pasta š Hope to see again tomorrow at the Coast to Coast Blog Hop Party! xo Margarita – WestCoastMama.net
Thank you Margarita! I’ll stop back by tomorrow!
It looks fantastic. Maybe that’s what I make with all of those tomatoes that were given to me yesterday.
I hope you enjoy the recipe Heidi!
You are making me so hungry! Yum. Pinned. Thanks for being a part of our party. I hope you can stop by tonight at 7 pm. We love having you! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
I’ll be there. Thank you!
I didn’t plant a garden this year and looking at this recipe sure makes me regret it;( Thanks for sharing it at the Teach Me Tuesday Linky Party;)
There’s always next year š