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.
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!
Prefect simple recipe for the perfection that is a summer North Carolina tomato!
I just whipped this up tonight and wow – deliciously simple!
Since I didn't have grape tomatoes, I just chopped up a couple roma tomatoes and then tossed the toss with spaghetti squash. FANTASTIC!
Thank you for sharing another yummy recipe, I will certainly be making this again and again 🙂
Just made it this evening with fresh basil. I left the sauce with more liquid since I started cooking late. Was still very delicious.
Love your recipes Gina! Just curious – why is this 2 points/serving? Isn't the only point coming from the oil?
Wow! Cool recipe…easy and yummy. 🙂
Can I can this? I have a ton of mason jars. Do you do any canning recipes? I love you Gina! Thank you so much. As like a lot of the posters I have a ton of cherry tomatoes coming in my garden now and hubby doesn't eat tomatoes! ekkkkk
Thank you!! I don't have too much experience with canning so I don't want to steer you wrong.
did you ever think of maybe uploading some videos? i cook with a lot of your recipes and a video from time to time would be great!!
I've thought of it, but have no experience with it.
These look delicious!Thanks for sharing, Gina
We have a ton a grape tomatoes coming up in our garden. I am going to have to try this ASAP.
Tis the season!
This looks divine! I make a dish similar to this called pomodoro fresca. I learned how to make it in Italy. Thanks for posting.