Juicy basil feta tomatoes in just 20-minutes. An easy sheet pan vegetable recipe made with fresh summer ingredients.
Summer is here and if you are anything like me, you’re cooking and using in-season produce from your garden, grocer, or farmers’ market to make your meals at home. Deciding how to use fresh produce that you may have an abundance of can sometimes be a challenge, especially when you’re used to making the same recipes for your family.
During the long summer days, I like to prepare simple vegetable dishes that don’t require a lot of ingredients or effort to make like this crack tomato recipe. I’ll add tomatoes to salads and breakfast dishes or roast them for dinner. Any leftovers get added to breakfast recipes or I simply make them into an appetizer.
HOW TO MAKE OVEN-ROASTED TOMATOES
- Combine oil, ranch seasoning, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
- Toss tomatoes in the seasoning mixture.
- Bake in a 375°F for 20-25 minutes.
- Move roasted tomatoes to a bowl.
- Toss with basil, feta cheese, and chives.
How to Serve
This simple sheet pan vegetable is great to serve as a side dish with dinner or as an appetizer. Leftovers can be used in these quick and easy recipe ideas.
APPETIZER
Bruschetta: Everyone loves this tasty appetizer made with basil tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella cheese served on bread.
Skewer: Serve on a wooden skewer with a crusty toasted piece of crostini bread or thinly sliced baguette with a basil leaf, a few roasted tomatoes, and a mozzarella ball. Caprese skewers are a favorite for summer pool parties and cocktail party appetizers.
Tomato Crostini Appetizer: Crusty bread + oven-roasted tomatoes with a balsamic drizzle.
BREAKFAST
Eggs: Make an omelet and fill it with leftover tomatoes, cheese, and ham or make skillet scrambled eggs. Another delicious breakfast recipe these would taste great with includes a fried egg topped with a whipped cheese, and chives.
Dutch baby pancake: Make this impressive breakfast pancake and fill it with a scrambled or fried eggs, skillet asparagus, whipped feta or ricotta cheese, roasted tomatoes, breakfast sausage, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
DINNER
Salads: Add tomatoes to any salad for additional flavor.
Pasta: Stir cooked tomatoes into pasta dishes with sauces or creams for a fresh summer taste. Perfect to add to cheese-filled ravioli dishes, spaghetti, lasagna, angel hair pasta, butter noodles, and more!
Pizza: Top a homemade or store-bought pizza with basil tomatoes. They will roast while it bakes in the oven.
ROASTED TOMATO INGREDIENTS
- TOMATOES: Use small tomatoes like cherry tomatoes or tiny tim tomatoes. Tiny tim tomatoes are usually more round than cherry but still come in containers. For a pop of color, incorporate yellow currant or orange tomatoes.
- RANCH SEASONING: Use the dry seasoning mix and not the classic wet salad dressing. Find this small packet of seasoning near the spices or salad dressing.
- OIL: Extra virgin olive oil or any oil will do.
- SEASONING: Salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes for added heat.
- BASIL: Fresh basil is a must. Simply roll the basil up tightly and cut long strands with a knife.
- CHEESE: I buy a small block of flavored or seasoned feta cheese and crumble it but use whatever you can find.
- CHIVES: This herb will add a mild onion flavor and a nice texture to the dish.
Flavorful Ingredient Additions
- bacon
- prosciutto
- green onions
- olives
- garlic
- cheese: blue cheese, gorgonzola cheese, brie cheese, parmesan cheese, goat cheese, flavorful feta cheese varieties. TIP: Find seasoning or artisan cheese near the gourmet cheese section.
- nuts: slivered or sliced almonds, chopped pecans, walnuts
- herbs: basil, mint, parsley, rosemary
- greens: arugula, kale, spinach, green leaf lettuce
- vegetables: in combination with any of these other classic roasted vegetables that include broccoli, onions, shallots,
Tips and Questions
What kind of tomatoes should I use? Use cherry cocktail tomatoes or tiny tim tomatoes which are slightly more round than cherry.
Can I roast other vegetables with the tomatoes at the same time? Yes. However, I suggest using a separate baking sheet for other vegetables since the tomatoes will release liquid as they bake. Roasting cauliflower makes a wonderful addition to this summer vegetable dish.
Crack Tomatoes {The Best Oven Roasted Tomatoes}
Ingredients
- 40 oz cherry tomatoes
- 10 oz yellow tomatoes
- 2½ tbsp olive oil
- 4 tsp ranch seasoning dry powder
- 2 garlic cloves zested or minced
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ⅛ tsp red pepper flakes
- 3 tbsp chives chopped
- ⅓ cup basil chopped
- 3 oz feta cheese
Instructions
- Cut tomatoes in half.
- Combine oil, ranch seasoning powder, garlic, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
- Toss tomatoes in mixture.
- Spread onto large rimmed baking sheet.
- Roast in 375°F oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Move tomatoes to a bowl. Toss with chopped basil, crumbled feta cheese, and chives.
Notes
- bacon, prosciutto
- green onions, olives, garlic
- cheese: blue cheese, gorgonzola cheese, brie cheese, parmesan cheese, goat cheese, flavorful feta cheese varieties. TIP: Find seasoning or artisan cheese near the gourmet cheese section.
- nuts: slivered or sliced almonds, chopped pecans, walnuts
- herbs: basil, mint, parsley, rosemary
- greens: arugula, kale, spinach, green leaf lettuce
- vegetables: in combination with any of these other classic roasted vegetables that include broccoli, onions, shallots,
Nutrition
Nutritional information is only an estimate and it’s accuracy is not guaranteed to be exact.
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3 Responses
This looks so good! What a great way to use up garden produce!
This is an easy, delicious recipe! I love roasted tomatoes as it brings out the sweetness in them. And this can be made up to the point of putting it in the oven earlier in the day to save rushing later. I’ve made a number of recipes roughly like this, and this is the best I think to date. Thanks for sharing this!
So very happy you enjoyed it =)