I’m in full tomato mode, a phrase I saw tweeted this week by the superb New York journal meals reporter Chris Crowley that tracks carefully with my present mind-set. I’m going wild on the market, shopping for all method of tomatoes, arranging them on my counter with reverence after which consuming them as if I’ve joined a non secular order dedicated to this one explicit, extremely seasonal meals.
I make Caprese salad, corn and tomato salad, salad-e Shirazi, pasta with marinated tomatoes, tomato sandwiches fortified with a thick layer of mayo. I noticed that Ina Garten posted a tomato salad with blue cheese on Instagram, a mixture that I haven’t had in a very long time and one I’ll do that week. (She stated she buys a rotisserie rooster to go along with it, and dinner is prepared. If Ina does it, so must you.) I’ll even be making sauce moyo to have with grilled fish. And gazpacho. And take a look at this attractive tomato tart, and this paneer con tomate. I’m a tomato monster. I cannot be stopped.
Inform me how you utilize summer season tomatoes, and chances are you’ll flip up in a future publication; I’m dearemily@nytimes.com, and I like to listen to what you’re cooking.
1. Cold Noodles With Tomatoes
I used to be entranced by a TikTok of Eric Kim making his recipe for refreshing, juicy, extremely slurpable noodles, impressed by naengmyeon and oi naengguk, the chilled Korean soups. Can’t you think about consuming this on a 95-degree day and simply collapsing into deep happiness? I can.
2. Baked Greek Shrimp With Tomatoes and Feta
David Tanis is among the nice tomato artists of New York Occasions Cooking. He simply has a dozen wonderful tomato recipes within the database, together with this fan favourite — a standard Greek dish. Don’t inform him I advised you that you could possibly skip blanching and peeling the tomatoes in Step 2. Simply reduce contemporary ones into wedges and be in your method.
3. Tomato Salad With Chickpeas and Feta
I used to be trying round for various tomato-bean salad concepts the opposite day, as I made a grocery listing for heat-wave meals that might barely use the range and undoubtedly not use the oven. (A lot of canned tuna and tofu on that listing.) And there it was: This dish from Hetty McKinnon, which she tops with nuts and seeds for mix-and-match crunch. I’ll be making it this week.
4. Parmesan Chicken Breast With Tomato and Herb Salad
Generally you need crispy rooster together with your tomatoes. And right here we’re: a crowd-pleasing recipe from Sarah Copeland. She begins the rooster on the range after which strikes it to the oven for a couple of minutes, however in the event you reduce the items smaller you must be capable of prepare dinner them totally on the range. And you’ll simply purchase shredded Parm. Shortcuts are needed in climate like this.
