These easy roasted tomatoes with basil add a delightful element to your meals. You can serve them as a side dish or an ingredient in any Italian food.

In the past, I grew my own tomatoes. Since they’re such an easy fruit/veggie to grow, I usually had several varieties with staggered dates for ripeness. However, now we live in a townhouse. So it’s more difficult to have a vegetable garden.

One of these days, I’ll probably figure out a way to do some container gardening on our back porch. It might be tricky since we have so many trees that shade our backyard.

Roasted Tomatoes Ingredients

Of course, you’ll need tomatoes. You also need olive oil, basil, garlic powder, and salt.

You can use either fresh basil or dried basil leaves. I like to use a little bit of both because they each add something different to enhance the flavor.

How to Make Roasted Tomatoes the Easy Way

I’m not kidding when I say these are easy. You basically just cut the tomatoes in half, sprinkle a little of everything on them.

Then you put them on a foil-covered baking sheet, and roast them until they the top caramelizes.

For exact measurements of each ingredient and full directions, go to the recipe card at the bottom of the page. You can even print out the card by clicking on the “print” button.

How to Serve Them

My favorite way to eat these tomatoes is with a tiny bit of cheese sprinkled on top. They are so delicious they make a wonderful side dish.

Another way I like to eat them is with crusty bread and cream cheese. It’s easy to make.

Just toast a slice of Italian or French bread. Then slather it with cream cheese, olive oil, or butter. Next, place the roasted tomato on top, either with or without a cheese topping.

You can also use these delicious roasted tomatoes as pizza toppings. I like to cut them into smaller pieces and spread them out.

They’re also good on any kind of salad. In fact, you can place these on a bed of your favorite lettuce drizzled with Italian dressing.

Add these tomatoes to soups, casseroles, or meat dishes. There are so many different ways to serve these roasted tomatoes I don’t have room to list them all.

Make a batch of them, use what you need, and freeze the rest. In fact, all you have to do is put them in an airtight bag and stick them in the freezer.

Pull out how many you need when you need them. You’ll be amazed by all the different ways you can think to use these little pieces of deliciousness.

Benefits of Tomatoes

According to Medical News Today, tomatoes are a super-food packed with nutrients. Loaded with vitamin C and other antioxidants, they help prevent cancer.

Tomatoes also have lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene that are good for eye health. People who eat tomatoes can decrease their risk of age-related eye issues as they get older.

More Recipes

These Instant Pot black-eyed peas have gained in popularity. I expected people to check it out for New Year’s, but a lot of folks are still clicking on it.

If you’re serving these roasted tomatoes, go ahead and put some pecans in the oven with them. These roasted pecans are super easy to make and just as delicious.

This lemon meringue pie recipe also gets clicked on quite a bit lately. I suppose people enjoy the freshness of lemons after a hearty meal.

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