When grape tomatoes are overflowing in your garden, whip up a quick, easy tomato sauce! Grape or cherry tomatoes sauteed with olive oil, garlic and fresh herbs are perfect over pasta, grilled chicken or fish.
Easy Garden Tomato Sauce
Easy Garden Tomato SauceTake advantage of summer tomatoes now while they are at their peak! I also have an Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce, perfect if you have ripe summer plum tomatoes.
This recipe is from the archives from last summer, I’ve been making it quite often these past few weeks now that grape tomatoes are at their peak so I decided to bring this recipe forward. Perfect over your favorite pasta shape for meatless Mondays in less than 30 minutes.
Meat lovers can add chicken or shrimp for a spectacular summer pasta dish! And for a spectacular way to prepare fish, try this simple fish dish with summer tomato sauce.
Easy Garden Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 1/2 lbs grape tomatoes, cut in half
- salt and fresh pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped oregano, or fresh basil
- 1/8 tsp red crushed pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large non-stick pan, heat oil on high heat.
- Add garlic and cook until golden.
- Add tomatoes, salt, crushed red pepper flakes and fresh black pepper and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer, covered for 15 minutes.
- Add fresh oregano and cook another 15 minutes.
Can you freeze the sauce.
Fantastic! I have made this twice and both times it was absolutely delicious. The flavor of the tomatoes is amazing.
I really liked this recipe over pasta and that it was a very easy way to use the grape tomatoes and fresh oregano from my garden. I plan to try it over chicken and fish that I’ll cook in my air fryer.
Can this recipe be canned for use over winter?
I haven’t tried, but I don’t see why not?
I’m making a big batch this week … some for pasta, over baked fish and with spaghetti squash for lunch. I have a ton of tomatoes accumulating from being away a few days!
I’ve just tried this recipe with whole-wheat pasta and it’s just delicious! Thank you so much for sharing it.
I’ve tried others from this page and they’re great as well. I’m trying a vegetarian diet for a week and I’m using recies from this site.
Congrats on your work!
Awesome!
I always love this recipe. I love it on top of Tilapia … no noodles! I always try to make this when I find grape tomatoes on sale!
This was so good! I used basil instead of oregano. Will def be making this a lot!
Love this. I'm always in a hurry and I need quick and easy recipes.
Thank you for posting this recipe. I have made variations on it but always by trial and error, so it's handy to have a concrete version to work with.
I make a similar sauce using roasted cherry tomatoes that I wrote about on my Cooking Ripe! blog:
http://cookingripe.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/roasted-cherry-tomatoes-simple-savories/
I made this twice since I found out about the recipe. I LOVE IT! The last time I had some leftovers and I melted a wedge of laughing cow light garlic and herb cheese it in and put it over spaghetti squash! yumm. The cheese gave it a nice creamy texture and taste without adding a lot of extra calories!
Just made for dinner amazing, fast and easy looooved it. I added mushrooms and next time ill add shrimp yum!! Keep up the great recipes Gina!! they make my weight loss journey easy and healthy <3
oh my amazing!!!! now i know what im doing with all these grape tomatoes i have gorwing :)))) thanks bunches
Made this and instead of pasta used spaghetti squash. Also only used three cloves of garlic. Will be making again soon.
Very cool !
Kate.
Yummy yummy yummy!!! This tasted so good!!!
Delicious! I'm trying to cut carbs, so I skipped the pasta and tossed in some shrimp towards the end of the simmering. Served it with a simple green salad for a complete meal. PERFECT!
Made this for dinner tonight using grape tomatoes and basil and oregano I have growing. DELICIOUS! Definately use fresh garlic. Grilled chicken slices would also be wonderful on top. Thanks for a winning recipe!
Gina you are a genius. I had grape tomatoes in my fridge and didnt know what to do with them. This was delicious. I put it on top a a Tilapia filet and it tasted like heaven. Can you please put more recipes using green beans. My garden is overflowing with them.
My husband loves anything I make from your site, but his one is his favorite!
I have a bunch of homegrown maters that I will use tonight in this method. YUM!
This looks great! So much better than anything canned!