Good ingredients to pair with tomatoes
Pasta and rice make tomato sauces filling, while eggs and beans turn them into a quick skillet meal. Chicken works when you want a fuller dinner, and bread gives you a simple way to catch every bit of the sauce.
Easy tomatoes meal ideas
- tomato garlic pasta — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- shakshuka-style eggs — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- tomato bean stew — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- tomato chicken rice — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
How to get the best from tomatoes
Give chopped tomatoes enough time to soften and lose their raw edge before adding delicate ingredients. A little salt, a strong aromatic such as garlic or onion, and one finishing accent can be more useful than a long list of herbs.
Turn a few ingredients into a coherent dinner
Choose a base, a flavour direction and one or two supporting ingredients. For example, rice or potatoes can make the meal filling, while lemon and garlic, tomato and herbs, soy and chilli, or curry spices can give the ingredients a clear direction.
Make the idea fit your evening
The same ingredient can produce a very different answer depending on whether you need dinner in 20 minutes, want one pan, are feeding four people or need to use another ingredient before it goes to waste. Add those constraints before choosing the final recipe.
Use SIZZIO to make it specific
Tell SIZZIO what you have, how many people you are feeding and what kind of meal you want. You can then save the recipe and move into the cooking flow instead of starting another search when it is time to cook.