Tomatoes recipes

Four cheese pasta with ground beef, stewed tomatoes, and scallions. Cream cheese, Swiss, cheddar, and Parmesan melt into a rich, gooey sauce over penne in 30 minutes.

Fresh cucumber rounds hollowed out and filled with roasted eggplant paté blended with almonds, garlic, and parsley. A cool, elegant vegetarian appetizer that looks as good as it tastes.

Grilled okra salad with charred pods tossed with tomato, onion and white wine vinegar. Simple Southern-style summer salad ready in 15 minutes.

Homemade marinara sauce with crushed plum tomatoes, mushrooms, and a secret trio of steak sauce, barbecue sauce, and ketchup for unexpected depth. Vegetarian and ready in 45 minutes.

The salad was filling, tasty and nutritious. I always try to find ways to use whole grains, beans, and fresh veggies, and this recipe has certainly fit my expectation quite well. I served it over a bed of lightly dressed arugula, and I loved it.

Big-batch coarsely ground sirloin chili simmered low for 6 hours with bell peppers, celery, tomatoes, and green chiles. Beans optional. Serves 16 for chili night or game day.

Pasta and kidney bean soup is a quick Italian pasta e fagioli style soup with rosamarina (orzo), canned tomatoes, red kidney beans, oregano, and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Slow cooker shredded beef for tortillas made with round steak, garlic, lime juice, and marjoram. Fork-tender after 8 hours on low with just 10 minutes of prep.

Linguini tangled with blanched asparagus, baby artichokes, fava beans, cremini mushrooms, and sun-dried tomatoes, finished with an herb puree, extra virgin olive oil, and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Lamb and white bean stew braises tender chunks of lamb in a red wine and tomato sauce with rosemary and thyme, then folds in creamy great northern beans. A rustic, slow-cooked Mediterranean comfort bowl.

Vegetarian black bean chili made from scratch with dried beans, green chiles, and cumin, topped with a sharp red onion, tomato, and cilantro salsa. Slow-simmered for deep flavor.

Mediterranean seafood stew with lobster tails, shrimp, and cherrystone clams in a garlicky white wine and plum tomato broth with fresh parsley and oregano.

Halibut steaks topped with sautéed zucchini, fresh tomatoes, garlic, and crumbled feta cheese. A healthy Mediterranean-style fish dinner on the table in just 30 minutes.

This is a typical restaurant style curry. The basic curry forms the base and the variations show how it can easily be adapted.

Sangre del Diablo vegetarian chili with TVP, pinto beans, sun-dried tomatoes, and bold spices. A massive batch recipe that feeds 30 with serious heat from cayenne.

A two-meat chili with cubed pork and beef, pinto beans, green chiles, jalapenos, cumin, and red wine. Simmered low and slow in a Dutch oven, thickened with tortilla flour for serious body.