Tomatoes/2 recipes

One-skillet chicken meatballs with sauerkraut, rice, and crushed tomatoes. A lighter take on a German-inspired comfort dish that cooks rice right in the pot.

Marinated shrimp kabobs with picante sauce and Italian dressing, threaded with broccoli florets and cherry tomatoes. A make-ahead cocktail appetizer with three-color visual punch.

First Alert Chili made with 4 pounds of ground beef, kidney beans, beer, and blended plum tomatoes. A big-batch chili loaded with cumin, paprika, and heat.

Grilled chicken kabobs glazed with honey Dijon mustard, threaded with red potatoes, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes. A colorful, protein-packed skewer dinner that's ready in one hour.

Creepy-crawly edible hornworms made from cucumber strips, cream cheese, and string cheese, served in hollowed-out tomatoes. A no-cook Halloween snack kids can help make.

Chicken and elbow pasta baked in a rich Monterey Jack and Parmesan cream sauce with sautéed mushrooms, zucchini, and tomatoes. A loaded pasta casserole that feeds 8.

Grilled beef tenderloin topped with melted Menonita cheese, Cotija, and a smoky chipotle sauce made from fire-blistered Roma tomatoes. A Mexican-inspired steak with serious heat.

Turkey tortilla stew loaded with pinto beans, kidney beans, corn, and crushed tomatoes. A hearty, high-protein one-skillet Mexican-style stew topped with crunchy tortilla chips.

Beef chili with kidney beans, tomato puree, green chiles and a finishing stir of bittersweet chocolate. Mole-inspired depth from cocoa balances the heat. A 1-hour one-pot weeknight dinner.

Hearty vegetarian meatloaf made with lentils, rice, and Italian-style checca sauce, topped with melted Parmesan and fresh tomatoes. A protein-packed dinner that rivals the traditional version.

Aloo Gobi with diced potatoes and cauliflower cooked in ghee with mustard seeds, cumin, garam masala, and fresh tomatoes. A classic Indian vegetarian dish ready in 30 minutes.

Orange roughy fillets gently poached in a saffron-white wine broth with sliced fennel, leek, and Italian tomatoes. A light, Mediterranean one-pan fish dinner in 35 minutes.

Hearty vegetable beef soup simmered 4 hours with stewing beef, split peas, potatoes, carrots, corn, lima beans, spinach, and tomatoes. A true one-pot meal for cold days.

Nevada cowboy chili slow-simmers 8 pounds of coarse-ground chuck with bell peppers, jalapeños, tomatoes, beer and a fearless amount of ground chilies. Big-batch bunkhouse chili.

Green chili with pork shoulder, diced green chilies, and canned tomatoes. A New Mexico-style chili verde browned in lard with no beans and loads of pepper flavor.

Five-bean soup with lima, great northern, kidney, pinto beans and split peas simmered with cumin, savory, bay leaf, and stewed tomatoes. A hearty from-scratch bean soup.