Healthy Tomato Recipes

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Is the Tomato the Most Healthy and Versatile Ingredient of all?

How many different ways do we have of eating or cooking tomatoes? How many different dishes call for tomatoes as one of their component parts? Surely, tomatoes must be one of the most popular, versatile and complimentary ingredients in food and cooking, whether it be as a principal or even simply as the base for the sauce.

This site is all about tomatoes, from the stage of growing them, to harvesting them, to eating them and cooking with them.

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Healthy Tomato Recipes - List of Content

A brief guide to what you will find on this site

It is possible to click on any of the links immediately below to go straight to the desired part of this site and discover precisely whatever aspect of tomato recipes or information you may be looking for. Why not, however, browse it in its entirety and eliminate the risk of missing out on something else which may catch your eye?
  1. Growing Tomatoes in a Greenhouse
  2. How to Grow Tomatoes Outside
  3. Why are Tomatoes Healthy?
  4. Tomatoes and Health
  5. Avocado and Tomato on French Toast
  6. Pan Fried Sardines on Tomato Sauce
  7. All You Need to Know about Tomatoes here on Squidoo
  8. Beef and Tomato Stew
  9. Have Your Say
  10. More Healthy Tomato Recipes from around the Internet

Growing Tomatoes in a Greenhouse 

The vast majority of tomatoes here in the UK are grown in greenhouses. This is quite simply due to the climate. There are very few areas of this country in which it is possible to grow them outdoors, so whether it be in small private affairs such as the one pictured above, or in huge, commercial concerns, this is how and where our crops are produced.

How to Grow Tomatoes Outside

Assuming that your local climate permits...

This instructional video covers every aspect of growing tomatoes, right from the stage of deciding upon which type you actually want to grow.

Simply click on the arrow in the centre of the screen to begin.
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The Absolute Written Guide to All You Need to Know about Growing Tomatoes

For when the video can only tell you so much

Video instructions, advice from friends and Internet research are all great ways to learn how to grow tomatoes, as well as learning how to do just about anything! There are times, however, when each of us has a little point we need to clarify or we need to refer back to something we know we heard somewhere. In these circumstances (bar having our expert friend move in with us!) there is no real substitute for the written word.

This fantastic book takes you through the step by step process of growing your own tomatoes and subsequently enjoying them fresh off the vine. Order your copy today (at a discount!) on Amazon.com.
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Why are Tomatoes Healthy?

What properties do they have that make them so good for us?

There are a great many ways in which tomatoes are good for our long and short term health. They can be good for our skin, help our digestive systems and even reduce the risk of us contracting certain types of cancer. Click here for lots more detailed information on why we should eat more tomatoes - apart from the fact that we love them!

Tomatoes and Health

Small mini-sites on healthy tomato issues and recipes

Health Benefits of Tomato
Health Benefits of Tomato : A large consumption of tomato can help improve skin texture and color. Tomato is a good blood purifier. Tomato helps in cases of congestion of the liver (protects the liver...
Easy Tomato Recipes
A whole host of quick and easy dishes to prepare with tomatoes.
Spaghetti with tomato
The spaghetti with tomato dish is a very tasty and very easy to prepare. It affects how despite the simplicity of preparation there are many different ways to prepare this dish first. Clearly the differences...
Quick and Easy Tomato Soup Recipe
Tomatoes would have to be one of my all-time favorite foods. We rarely go a day without eating them in my household. With so many varieties available these days there is no limitation to creating wonderful...
12 Natural Home Remedies using Tomato
The tomato is truly an amazing fruit. It is known to have many health benefits such as reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, lower high blood pressure, and reduce cancer. Tomato has high...

Avocado and Tomato on French Toast 

Find the above recipe and lots more on the Squidoo Site featured below

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Pan Fried Sardines on Tomato Sauce 

The full recipe for this delicious sardine dish can be found on the site below

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Tomatoes: The Whole Story

A fantastic and unique book on everything you could ever wish to know about tomatoes

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Your Tomato Preferences

We all know that everyone's opinion is different - let's see which one prevails!

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All You Need to Know about Tomatoes here on Squidoo

If you are a fan of tomatoes, you need to look at this site

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What Should I Have for Dinner Tonight?

A mixture of dishes both for meat eaters and for vegetarians

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How Much do you Love Tomatoes?

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Beef and Tomato Stew 

Find the recipe for this delicious stew and lots more on the site below

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Have Your Say

What do you think about tomatoes?

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Thank you for your visit to this site and hopefully for your time spent browsing through it. I very much hope that you can afford me just another few moments to leave me your impressions in the space below.

  • MaxReily Feb 23, 2011 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    I love tomatoes--I remember eating them right off the vine in summer, when they were hot from the sun and juicy! You can't buy tomatoes like those! Very interesting lens with links to a lot of great looking tomato and other recipes.
  • BarbRad Apr 8, 2010 @ 2:58 am | delete
    You've published a great resource. I'll have to check out some of your other lenses.

More Healthy Tomato Recipes from around the Internet

Click on any link for lots more fabulous information

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