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Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another ‘garden-to-table’ post on SRFD. We recently had friends over to our house for dinner. As I was searching for a good appetizer recipe, I came across these marinated tomatoes. I love the ingredient list and decided it would go great with steaks, crusty fresh bread, roasted new potatoes and roasted asparagus. One of our guests said she didn’t even like tomatoes but had a second helping of this recipe! We liked it so much this is our second batch in two weeks. Trust me on this, you’ll want to give it a try … soon!
I went out to the garden to gather tomatoes and found these beautiful green fruits. I thought about making fried green tomatoes but decided to move on to the ripe ones.
There they are. Hiding on the bottom of the vines.
Yummy deliciousness! My husband has perfected his garden mojo this year.
I picked the ripe tomatoes and cucumbers and headed back in to the air conditioning!
A beautiful bounty.
I washed 6 good ripe tomatoes, picked fresh basil and parsley and got the other ingredients ready to go. You’ll need sugar, garlic salt, seasoned salt, dried thyme, pepper, canola oil, red wine vinegar and 3 scallions. I didn’t have green onions last time so I used small sweet onions. Either way is great.
In a large mixing bowl add the canola oil …
… and the red wine vinegar.
I love the way oil and vinegar looks like the inside of a lava lamp!
Add the sugar to the oil and vinegar mixture.
Next whisk in the dried thyme,
garlic salt, seasoned salt, and ground black pepper.
Chop the fresh parsley and add it to the marinade. Chop the fresh basil and …
… slice the scallions. Whisk all the ingredients together and …
… pour the marinade over the tomato wedges. Gently toss the tomatoes and cover. Allow the tomatoes to marinate at room temperature for a couple of hours. Stir the mixture occasionally – once an hour or so.
Be sure to serve the marinated tomatoes with crusty bread to soak up all the juices. I’ve added leftover marinated tomatoes to salad and didn’t need dressing!
This recipe has so much flavor you’ll want to eat it with everything!
Marinated Tomatoes Recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Yield: 4 people
Course: Salad, Vegetable Side
A delightful dish of fresh garden tomatoes and herbs. Marinated and served with crusty bread to soak up all the juices.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- ¾ teaspoons dried thyme
- ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 3 whole scallions, sliced
- 6 whole tomatoes, cut into wedges
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients except the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes and toss to coat. Cover and set aside at room temperature for several hours or until ready to serve. Occasionally stir the tomatoes while marinating. Serve with crusty bread. Delicious!
Recipe Notes
- Adapted from a recipe by Butter Yum on Tasty Kitchen
Nutrition
Calories: 56kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1759mg | Potassium: 499mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1941IU | Vitamin C: 31mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tricia
Ann Green
I would never ruin the taste of fresh garden tomatoes with garlic salt (and I’m a garlic lover).
Leave this out of the otherwise good recipe.
Tricia Buice
We appreciate your feedback Ann. Did you try it with the garlic salt?
Gerlinde @ Sunnycovechef
These marinated tomatoes look delicious and just the right thing for a summer dinner. Your husband has a gorgeous garden.
Tricia Buice
They are soooo good Gerlinde – I hope you get the chance to make them. Be sure to have some bread standing by to soak up all the juice! Yummy
Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow
First, I ENVY you your beautiful garden! Hubby has done an outstanding job!! Second, those marinated tomatoes sound out of this world! Thank you for your version! blessings ~ tanna
Laura (Blogging Over Thyme)
YUM–I love marinated tomato salads. The perfect summer dish if you ask me! I had my own plum tomato plant actually, but unfortunately had to abandon it when I moved into my new apt 🙁
Barefeet In The Kitchen
I adore marinated tomatoes. I've been making them almost every week this summer. They are good with everything! Yours from the garden look amazing. Apparently, the heat is the tomato's friend.