Great breakfasts: Baked tomatoes with parmesan cheese, scrambled eggs, toast.
Easy Baked Tomatoes Recipe
Quiet mornings only last for a short while, but when the moment has arrived, we love making the most of the time that we have. Making breakfast and having a great meal to start the day is essential for us. This time allows us to slowly wake up together, make a meal and talk about how to plan our day. And adding some great coffee with the conversation can’t go wrong! Over the last few weeks, breakfast always had a platter of fresh slices of tomatoes, olive oil, fresh basil and some sea salt. It hard to ever get tired of this simple dish, but sometimes we’re craving tomatoes in a different form. Without compromising on the quality of a fresh garden tomato, the idea of a simple baked tomato for breakfast sounded wonderful.
With our onslaught of tomatoes lately, we asked you all to share some of your favorite tomato recipes with us. Thank you all for the amazing, delicious responses. Now we can eat tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner with all your input. We read over the list of recipes that you all shared and how convenient it was to find a link from Erina of Shut Up and Cook for baked tomatoes! This was just the push we needed to get our new breakfast agenda going with a different take on tomatoes. Her simple baked tomato recipe with pecorino , but with only parmigiano reggiano on hand, this worked just as wonderful. (Thanks Erina!)
Baked Tomatoes with Scrambled Eggs
Baked tomatoes have such a wonderful juicy, sweet soft texture and when the cheese crisps on top with fragrant herbs, it’s a meal in itself. Adding a nice serving of scrambled egg, crisp toast and great coffee takes this breakfast to a whole new and satisfying level. This is what you call a great breakfast. Baked tomatoes and scrambled eggs are to die for.
Adding to the excitement for us on this morning, we baked up some of our favorite purple cherokee heirloom tomatoes. Since our obsession with heirloom tomatoes started, these purple Cherokees have always been at the top of our list. Though they still need care and attention from diseases and pests, they fruit well and produce gorgeous, sweet and silky fruit. A few days ago we made Cherry tomato pizza, today was baked purple Cherokee tomatoes and tomorrow will be something new again! Thanks for your ideas and for keeping us busy with cooking up tomatoes. And let us know of any favorite breakfast recipes that you have!
hugs,
diane
More of our tomato recipes here.
Cut tomatoes in half & sprinkle with salt, pepper to taste
Generous topping of parmesan cheese, fresh thyme
ready for the oven
hot, warm and delicious
This recipe was originally published in 2012 and updated in 2019 with updated photos.
Baked Tomatoes with Parmesan Cheese & Fresh Herbs
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 2 Tablespoons fresh thyme or herbs
Instructions
- Pre-Heat oven to 450°F. Cut tomatoes in half, place cut side up.
- Drizzle olive oil over tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Add grated parmesan cheese on top to cover the tomato. Then sprinkle fresh chopped herbs or sprigs on top of cheese.
- Bake tomatoes for about 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and/or when tomatoes are cooked to your preferred texture. We prefer our baked tomatoes rather soft, spreadable over bread. Yum!
I love making this in the morning. It’s easy and quick! And it’s SOOO good!
This is literally the best breakfast to wake up to! Many thanks for an awesome recipe.
This is my dream come true. Just printed the recipe and will be tagging you guys on Instagram when I make them – thanks for sharing! – Charlie, http://www.lemonbutterlove.com
Scrambled eggs, cheese, toast and tomatoes? These are basically what makes breakfast lovely. Just add a cup of coffee and it will be perfect. Your dish is something I would really love to see on my table when I woke up from a wonderful sleep.
I could eat this for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It’s one of those perfect anytime dishes!
Can I come to breakfast tomorrow? This looks fabulous! I have so many tomatoes coming on … xo
@whiteonrice I am so in love with this: http://t.co/XdajlSr7
There goes a “juicy” reason to start food blogging once again… ๐
As much as I love this meal I think I’d end up in a food coma by 10AM if I had this for breakfast!
Gorgeous photos! This may be a breakfast, but in Spain it’s a whole meal! Delicious and so appetizing!
I’ve just discovered your site wandering around and it’s very nice, congratulations ๐
Helena- thank you and Welcome!
Nom, nom, nom. These look delish and I love the idea of a quiet breakfast date! (Although my kids get up way too early…we’d have to start breakfast at 5! lol)
Looks beautiful AND delicious!
Oh my goodnessโฆI am so absolutely flattered to have been able to provide one iota of inspiration to you two fabulous foodies! Iโm tempted to frame this blog post! ๏ Or at the very least, send it to my motherโฆ kiddingโฆwait, am I? Thank you!!
Erina- lol, you re so sweet. We all start from the same place, and that’s for the love of food. Thank you! xoxo
I love making these oven dried tomatoes once summer hits!
http://saltysoul.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/oven-dried-tomatoes/
Heirloom tomatoes are my favourite food – I could look at photos like this and enjoy them as much as eating them – looks like the purple cherokee… yum…
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Looks delicious and so beautiful. The version we made had eggs and mushrooms poured right into the tomato and then covered with cheese and baked. Now I am trying out all different versions of ‘stuffed’ tomatoes. Good luck in New Hampshire…it is one of my favorite places to be.