The fresh local vine ripened roma tomatoes are finally here. I picked up a basket of them at the farmers market this morning. For my first dish using the tomatoes I wanted something that would have the fresh tomatoes as the star of the show. I decided to do a fresh tomato pasta. This is a pretty simple pasta dish. You just need to cook the pasta, saute the garlic and throw everything together. I really like this dish because it shows off the fresh tomatoes, basil and parsley. This dish is summery and fresh.
Fresh Tomato Pasta
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 serving pasta (cooked) (gluten free for gluten free)
- 2 roma tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon basil (chopped)
- 1 tablespoon parsley (chopped)
- salt and pepper to taste
directions
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Saute the garlic until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds.
- Turn off the heat.
- Add the pasta, tomatoes, basil, parsley, salt and pepper and toss to mix.
Take a look at the Presto Pasta Nights roundup at Once Upon a Feast.
This is a recipe we call “Summer Spaghetti”. It is our absolute favourite way to have spaghetti!!!!! We usually throw a cheese of some sort in as well. Yumm-O!!!!
I have some ripening tomatoes in the garden. This would be the perfect way to use a few of them!
Absolutely, simple is best with fresh Roma’s and basil!
Kevin – I love fresh tomatoes with pasta! So good and summery like you said. Do you use whole wheat pasta?
That’s a fine dish, Kevin.
Thanks for all the recipes, man.
John
This is how I like to have pasta, with fresh, light flavourful sauces that you can actually taste. Looks delish, Kevin.
Pam – Yes I try to use whole wheat pasta whenever possible.
That’s exactly how I cook mine too 🙂 Great minds think alike.
Perfect summer dish. Thanks for sharing with Presto Pasta Nights – the big six month party this week! And thanks for being such a terrific PPNer.
I’ve been looking for creative ways to use some of the roma tomatoes from the garden and this was perfect! I also added some zucchini, shrimp and romano cheese. I absolutely loved it and would definitely make this again!