Choosing tomatoes can be a bit overwhelming sometimes. There are a bazillion (official count) varieties that range in looks and price. It's getting to be summertime, which is tomato season, so let's break it down shall we?
Roma
Roma tomatoes are often called Italian plum tomatoes and a fairly common in the grocery stores. They are super easy to grow and produce a lot of tomatoes. Perfect for a beginning gardener.
I love using roma tomatoes for bruschetta. They are firm and tasty making them the perfect candidate. I also love these in a caprese salad.
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Campari
The campari tomato is getting more and more popular. It's a great salad tomato. Super juicy, lots of flavor with a very yummy : ) The best thing about them is they don't have much of that mealy texture that I hate! Highly recommend finding them. Try to buy them on the vine.
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Heirloom
Heirloom tomatoes may be the the oddest looking tomatoes, but they are some of the tastiest! For ever color there is a new taste. Some of my favorites are the brandywine, big rainbow and cherokee purple.
My favorite way to use these are in a caprese salad or bruschetta. Or sometimes I even eat these in a sandwich with a little olive oil and lettuce.
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San Marzano
Another variety of heirloom tomatoes are San Marzano. These tomatoes are longer and skinnier and taste delish! They are my favorite for making tomato sauce. These are harder to find raw, but they are pretty easy to find in a can. Definitely check these out!
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For more recipes and ideas see Tomato Recipes
These are my favorites, did I leave out yours? Tell me about it.
Plum tomatoes are my go-to tomato! I get a few at the grocery store every week. So easy to chop up and throw on top of anything!
I’ve never seen a San Marzano!
E, Canned San Marzano tomatoes are pretty easy to find, but fresh ones are definitely a lot harder. You can find canned and plants in the “Things I Love” tab above, under food and under gardening.
It is nice to grow your own tomatoes. My neubmr one reason for growing them is that I eat them everyday and they are expensive! (at least the kind I like)So the tomatoes above are orange heirloom cherry tomatoes, yellow heirloom pear tomatoes and the rogue red (plum? or campari?) tomatoes. If you remember in this post: I have no idea where those red tomatoes came from, they just popped up in the garden!I also have san marzano tomatoes, roma and black heirloom tomatoes growing.