Cherry Tomato

Quick cooking shrimp is a summertime savior.

Crispy smashed potatoes are good. Crispy smashed potatoes on a bed of rich, peppery romesco are better.

With creamy avocado and sweet ripe mango, this cooling salad will complement a meal that’s big on heat and spice.

Basil is a mere garnish in this nutty, cheesy, peak-season pesto sauce.

While this fattoush recipe can be made year round, it is best in summer when tomatoes are at their peak.

Grilling gamechanger? Use a skillet on the hot zones to blister tomatoes without losing any of their juices while simultaneously charring larger veggies on the grates alongside.

If you love the sour-salty-sweet Thai green papaya salad, you’ll love this peak-summer version made with tomatoes and cucumbers.

This portable pocket of cheesy goodness tastes like your favorite pizza toppings found a puff pastry home.

This gnocchi (Is it pasta? Is it a salad?) with a jammy cherry tomato sauce takes just 25 minutes and one pan.

Tangy, spicy, and herbaceous, tuk trey ping poh is a versatile Khmer condiment that’s great served with any protein and as a dipping sauce and a base for soups and curries. Make extra!

If you’ve never grilled fish before, this recipe, featuring forgiving swordfish, is the best place to start.

My grandma used to make a version of this dish using pork and showers of Parmesan. I have updated it to include ground chicken and miso for a lighter, late-summer dish with equally deep flavor,  but feel free to use whatever ground meat you prefer. Gently poaching the meatballs is not only faster than roasting, but means none of their flavor is lost to a baking sheet.

This dish of saucy, seared paneer channels the flavors traditionally found in matar paneer—coriander, cumin, chile, and ginger—into a quick-cooking cherry tomato sauce that's packed with bright spring-y sugar snap peas. If you can’t find paneer, give this a try with another sturdy non-melty cheese like Halloumi or queso fresco. Or think of it as a simple sauce you can serve over any protein, like a crispy-skinned salmon fillet, seared shell-on shrimp, sliced feta, or even just a bed of salted yogurt. 

Spicy, funky, and sweet!

This focaccia gets twice the tomato goodness through the combination of fresh cherry tomatoes and slowly sautéed and simmered sauce in the topping.

This recipe is high-favor and low-maintenance, perfect for all your end-of-summer entertaining.

We opted to use cherry tomatoes for this poached cod recipe because we like their sweetness and how quickly they collapse into a sauce.

If the idea of cottage cheese in a summer tomato salad sounds weird to you, try to think of it like a caprese that just got back from a little Eastern European vacation.

Laugh all you want: I will beat you in a cherry tomato cutting contest.

Lightning-fast weeknight fried rice with flavor-concentrated cherry tomatoes. How? It’s a little salting trick.

Think of this weeknight-friendly pasta recipe as a lighter take on the classic Italian ragù that features cherry tomatoes, a red chile for some heat, and tons of fresh basil.

Here’s the first thing you should make when you want to show off the peak-season tomatoes you’ve been waiting all year for.

The cold bean salad you’ve been craving this summer. Buttery big beans and a garlicky tomato dressing.

Use the smallest tomatoes you can find at the market for this recipe—they’ll be extra sweet.