These cherry tomato recipes will help you make the most of your garden bounty or fresh from the market cherry tomatoes. From salad toppers to homemade pico, and everything in between, there's so much you can do with this delicious fruit.
Cherry Tomato Recipes
You will never have to worry about cherry tomatoes going to waste once you learn all the ways you can work with them in the kitchen.
Green Bean Tomato Salad
This is the perfect summer or anytime salad. It is very flavorful and eye-catching. It's best made with fresh green beans, but you could substitute cooked and cooled frozen green beans.
Pico de Gallo Salsa
Make this 15-minute Pico de Gallo Salsa, grab some chips, and have a party any time. So easy and delicious!
Cherry Tomato Pico de Gallo for the Freezer
Cherry Tomato Pico de Gallo for the Freezer is the perfect garden tomato use-up recipe for all those extra cherry tomatoes! It's seriously delicious salsa, made fast and easy in the food processor in under a minute, with extra to stock away in your freezer.
Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, Cherry Tomatoes, and Arugula
Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, Tomatoes, and Arugula is the perfect scrambled eggs recipe for a lazy weekend breakfast. It features fluffy soft-scrambled eggs, creamy burrata, blistered cherry tomatoes, and an arugula salad topped with a balsamic glaze. It takes just a few minutes of prep time to make this restaurant-worthy brunch!
Heirloom Tomato Tart
Heirloom Tomato Tart is one of the most beautiful and delicious recipes you can make from both regular and cherry tomatoes. It’s not only scrumptious, but it’s also a work of art.
Fresh Grape Tomato Pasta
The bright flavors of summer inspired this delicious, quick, and simple Fresh Grape Tomato Pasta recipe, although it is great all year round! Fresh grape tomatoes are quickly sautéed in olive oil with copious amounts of garlic, then finished with your favorite pasta and lots of fresh basil and Pecorino Romano cheese. It will be your new weeknight favorite - mamma mia!
Couscous Chicken Salad With Cherry Tomatoes
This Couscous Chicken Salad is made with pearl couscous, grilled or cooked chicken, bell pepper, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, spinach, arugula, feta cheese, and tossed with paprika vinaigrette! It’s an easy and delicious salad to eat warm for dinner, and again the next day cold for lunch.
Cherry Tomato Salsa with Red Onion
Fresh, tangy, and sweet, this cherry tomato salsa recipe is a great topping for tacos and tostadas, or serve it up as an easy side salad. With flavors of red onion, cilantro, and lime, this Mexican-inspired recipe is vibrant in taste and looks!
Polenta With Cherry Tomatoes & Halloumi
This Polenta With Cherry Tomatoes & Fried Halloumi is a delicious summer dinner. This dish is super easy to prepare and the perfect comfort food. Creamy polenta topped with soft cherry tomatoes and crispy halloumi make an amazing summer flavor explosion.
Caprese Bowtie Pasta Salad
A simple and delicious salad made with bowtie pasta, cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, and tossed in Italian dressing. It’s easy, fresh, and perfect for summer parties!
Lemon Orzo Pasta Salad With Cherry Tomatoes
A bright, fresh, and delicious Lemon Orzo Pasta Salad that makes the perfect side dish or light meal. This dish is packed with fresh vegetables, and orzo pasta, and topped off with a homemade lemon-herb dressing for the perfect Greek-inspired salad.
Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta
Enjoy the bright flavors of this delicious Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta. Al Dente pasta is tossed with roasted tomatoes for a simple to prepare meal. It is so tasty, with minimal effort involved!
Pesto Ricotta Crostini with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
This pesto ricotta crostini with roasted cherry tomatoes is a rustic and delicious appetizer perfect for any summer occasion. This quick and easy recipe uses only a few simple ingredients making it ideal for entertaining or a tasty snack.
Caprese Burrata Bruschetta with Balsamic Glaze
An easy summer appetizer, this Caprese Burrata Bruschetta comes together in just a few minutes. Toasted bruschetta is rubbed with garlic while still warm. Then topped with creamy burrata, ripe sliced cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, and drizzled sweet balsamic glaze
Sweet & Savory Small Batch Cherry Tomato Jam
This recipe for Cherry tomato jam is amazing on sandwiches, burgers, over eggs, on pizza, and more. The possibilities are endless! Sweet and savory this jam is the best way to use up a garden full of fresh Cherry tomatoes!
Caprese Skewers with a Balsamic Glaze
The Caprese Skewers are an elegant and easy twist on the classic Caprese Salad dish. They are great snacks or finger food and are very quick to prepare. They are an excellent appetizer for a casual get-together or a holiday dinner party.
Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup
This recipe is as simple as roasting cherry tomatoes with garlic and onion, adding it to a stockpot with broth, and pureeing it with your choice of herbs. The roasting deepens the flavor and creates a deeply nourishing and satisfying late summer soup.
Cherry Tomato Sauce Recipe
There is something so special about homemade tomato sauce. This delicious recipe comes together in just a few steps with simple ingredients such as fresh cherry or grape tomatoes, garlic, and basil.
Fresh Cherry Tomato Tart
Anchored in a bed of nutty pesto, jammy caramelized onions, and salty feta, a bounty of fresh cherry tomatoes completes this delicious savory tart. Perfect as a hearty appetizer or a light summer meal.
Roasted Salmon with Fennel, Tomatoes, and Potatoes
The richness of salmon is contrasted by the bright aromatic fennel and mellow roasted tomatoes. The combination of lemon, garlic, and olive oil — ingredients that define Mediterranean cooking — makes an intensely flavorful, vibrant dish.
Arugula Caprese Salad
This vibrant salad is packed full of flavor and nutrients. It has fresh cherry tomatoes, peppery arugula, soft cheese, and plenty of fresh basil. The addition of peppery arugula leaves bulks out this arugula Caprese salad and gives it an extra nutritious kick.
Pickled Cherry Tomatoes (With Canning Instructions)
Preserve your cherry tomatoes for year-round enjoyment with this simple recipe. Pickles cherry tomatoes pack a flavorful punch, and are great in salads, salad dressing, on burgers, sandwiches, and more!
Tomato Galette
There are many kinds of galette and this one is savory. The galette has a rustic look and you do not need to be a fancy chef to create it. This tomato galette is perfect for a light dinner or a summer picnic.
Cherry Tomato Mozzarella Spaghetti
Making this Cherry Tomato Mozzarella Spaghetti is incredibly simple! You will not need much energy to prepare it and you will have dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes! Burst cherry tomatoes, soft mozzarella balls, and fresh basil over al dente spaghetti will for sure be a family favorite in no time!
Chicken Cherry Tomato Pasta · Chef Not Required...
Chicken Cherry Tomato Pasta - a pasta dish packed with burst cherry tomatoes, topped with buttery herb and garlic oven-roasted chicken breast.
How to Dry Cherry Tomatoes
Preserve those gorgeous gems of summer with this easy recipe for dried cherry tomatoes
Cherry Tomato Confit (Under 30 Minutes)
Celebrate summer's bounty with this amazing Cherry Tomato Confit. It's so easy to make and is amazingly versatile.
Bruschetta with Cherry Tomatoes
Bruschetta with Cherry Tomatoes is a summer classic when garden tomatoes are perfectly ripe, basil is overflowing its pot, and appetizers are eaten on the patio! This 10-minute appetizer is easy to throw together, and perfect for any summer occasion.
Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta with Whipped Ricotta
This burst cherry tomato pasta with whipped ricotta is super simple and a perfect way to use up all those summer cherry tomatoes! It's light, full of flavor, and can serve as an easy lunch or side dish.
Pesto Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes
Pesto Pasta with fresh tomatoes, asparagus, and feta is such a simple recipe to make! It’s great for any quick weeknight meal or a side dish.
Easy Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad Recipe
This flavor-packed, easy tortellini pasta salad is made with cheese tortellini pasta, fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, pesto, and basil. It makes for a delicious side dish or even a light lunch or dinner--especially on hot summer days.
Pesto pasta with mushroom and cherry tomatoes
Pesto pasta with mushroom and cherry tomatoes is an easy vegetarian pasta recipe in which I have used cilantro pesto instead of basil pesto. I have also added blanched almonds for making this pasta which complements the taste of cilantro leaves.
White Bean Salad & Cherry Tomatoes - Bright, Light & Full of Health
Add some health and flavor to your salad game with this easy-to-make white bean and cherry tomato salad!
Blender Cherry Tomato Sauce | Carolyn's Cooking
At the very end of summer, when the tomatoes are at their best and sweetest, they don't even need cooking to become a delicious tomato sauce! This no-cook, three-ingredient tomato sauce takes just minutes to make and all you need to do is dump everything in a blender!
Roasted Beet Salad with Cherry Tomato and Goat Cheese
This roasted beet salad with cherry tomato and goat cheese is refreshing and fun to eat. It can be made ahead so easily
Fermented Cherry Tomatoes
Home fermented cherry tomatoes offer a pleasant effervescence as they burst in your mouth. I bet you can't eat just one!
Easy Cherry Tomato Pasta (with Mozzarella Balls)
This cherry tomato pasta is delicious, tangy, and sweet. Made with cherry tomatoes, garlic, mozzarella, and pappardelle pasta in under 20 minutes!
Air Fryer Cherry Tomato Salad
Air Fryer Cherry Tomato Salad. Delicious cherry tomatoes tossed in extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and basil. Warmed up in the air fryer and then loaded with mozzarella cheese balls for the most amazing air fryer tomato salad.
Roasted Cherry Tomato Bruschetta
Roasted cherry tomato bruschetta is what I call, ‘not really a recipe-recipe”. When summery tomatoes are at their peak, there is not much you need to do to them. A deep char, garlic, and a healthy drizzle of fruity olive oil is all you need. Layer the jammy tomatoes over crostini and top with lots of fresh basil for the perfect summery bite.
Homemade Cherry Tomato Relish Recipe
This homemade fresh cherry tomato relish recipe uses just 6 ingredients and is the perfect way to use up all the vine-ripened tomatoes from your garden.
So many uses for a fresh tomato relish, try it as an appetizer on Crostini or as an accompaniment to a pan-fried salmon or other fish.
Cherry Tomato Confit
This recipe for Cherry Tomato Confit is a delicious way to give a whole new life to cherry tomatoes. They will turn into soft, sweet, and delicious fruits, ready to eat at any time
Cherry Tomato Salad
One of the easiest summery salads that can be made is this cherry tomato salad – tangy, tart, colorful and so good. If you love tangy food you will also like this awesome cherry tomato salad.
Nothing beats the delicious taste of fresh ingredients and these recipes work with most any tomato variety but are best with delicious ripe cherry tomatoes. The sweet flavor is a perfect addition to green salads, pasta sauce, or other healthy meals. Which one do you want to try first?
Kathy acquired the blog, Recipe Idea Shop in 2024. She was raised on a farm in Arkansas where having a big garden and good food to eat was the norm. She shares recipes for homemade comfort food and new trending dishes.
Kathy began her blogging journey in 2011 when she founded PetticoatJunktion.com, a home décor blog focused on repurposing and upcycling furniture, and thrift store finds.