Tomatoes recipes

Cheesy vegetable lasagna loaded with zucchini, bell peppers, and spinach in a rich tomato sauce. This meatless comfort food satisfies even the heartiest appetites.

Shrimp, scallops, and crab on a pesto-tomato base with smoked mozzarella, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. A Mediterranean seafood pizza baked on a stone in 20 minutes.

There are no tomatoes, ketchup, or sugar in this recipe. All of those things caramelize and burn quickly, giving the meat a black color and nasty taste.

Buffalo chicken baked sliders: spiced ground chicken patties breaded and baked (never fried) until crisp, then tucked into wheat buns with mayo, lettuce, and tomato. A leaner take on game-day buffalo chicken.

Missing egg sandwich is the classic vegan dupe for egg salad: mashed tofu mixed with green onion, mayo, dill relish, mustard, and cumin. Creamy, tangy, and piled on whole wheat with lettuce and tomato.

Beef chili with dried white navy beans, slow-simmered 4 hours with cumin, paprika, cayenne, and oregano. A no-tomato chili with deep, smoky spice and hearty texture.

A Texas-style chili with stewing beef, ham rind, dried pinto beans, and red wine simmered low for hours with cumin, cayenne, and oregano. No tomatoes, all meat, pure grit.

Toasted country bread brushed with olive oil and oven-toasted until golden, the base for bruschetta and tomato salad toasts. Two ingredients, restaurant-quality crunch.

Authentic New Mexican chili with cubed round steak (no ground beef), pure New Mexico chile powder, garlic, and water. No tomato, no beans, no filler.

Veal Parmesan breaded with Parmesan and oregano, pan-fried golden, deglazed with white wine, then topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella under the broiler.

Italian-style stuffed meatloaf rolls ground beef around hard-boiled eggs, salami, ham, mozzarella, and parmesan, then simmers in tomato sauce. A classic polpettone showstopper.

Eggs are poached into assorted vegetables and tomato sauce, with the melted cheese on top. This is a quick, easy, delicious, healthy and economical dish!

Shrimp pizza with a tangy steak sauce, chutney, horseradish, and lime base instead of tomato sauce. Topped with mozzarella, Parmesan, Vidalia onion, and green pepper.

Classic three-cheese lasagna with a garlic-and-basil ricotta filling layered between al dente noodles, a hearty beef and tomato sauce, and plenty of melted mozzarella.

Rotolo di Spinaci: hand-rolled pasta dough filled with spinach, walnuts, ricotta, and mozzarella, simmered in cheesecloth then baked in tomato sauce. A classic Italian stuffed pasta roll for 6.

Make-ahead taco meat with ground beef, onion, cumin, and tomato sauce. A freezer-friendly batch base for taco nights, burritos, nachos, and quick weeknight bowls.