Jaune Flamme Tomatoes & Quinoa Salad
This jaune flamme tomato quinoa salad is simple and healthy. Our crop this year was quite good and it was fun growing a new variety. 
Jaune Flamme Tomatoes Recipe
Summer is in full swing and there are two big announcements finally due out that we’re equally thrilled to share. To kick-start the good vibes, the garden-geeks in us are happy. It’s great to report that our heirloom tomatoes are doing fabulous this year. Of the 20 heirloom tomato plants we started, only 3 have died and that’s a bumper crop record for us.
fresh mint makes this salad extra fresh and bright
A popular and generally vigorously growing French heirloom tomato is the Jaune Flamme variety. The tomatoes of this variety are bright orange, apricot-shaped tomatoes. These indeterminate, french heirlooms might be small, but they’re packed with flavor in their thick, meaty flesh.
Heirloom Tomatoes with Quinoa
The best part about Jaune Flamme tomatoes is that they are wonderful when dried, because they still retain their bright orange color, along with their intense flavor.
These orange tomatoes are one of our earliest producers, yielding alot of fruit before the other varieties. This was a new variety for us and these orange Jaune Flamme’s have added wonderful flavor and color to our salads.
don’t forget the Rosé , a nice pairing for this Summer salad
Our plants struggled a bit in the beginning of the season, but after a few treatments of organic neem oil, the stems started to perk back a bit. It’s not the most vigorous tomato plant in our plots, but it definitely is a keeper for next year because it’s early season fruiting, great citrus-like flavor and gorgeous color make every dish wonderful.
Whole grain salads pair well with these colorful and flavorful tomatoes, especially when a touch of fresh mint ribbons the dish. This tomato and quinoa salad should be on every summer feasting table. The mouthful of playful, mini-pop texture of the quinoa, with fresh tomatoes, mint and light vinaigrette is a celebration of Summer in a bowl.
Enjoy!
More of our Heirloom Tomato Recipes Here
Quinoa, Tomato and Mint Salad Recipe
Ingredients
For Quinoa
- 1 cup raw Quinoa
- 1 1/2 cups Water
- pinch Sea Salt
For Dressing
For Salad
- 1/2 lb. (225g) Tomatoes , diced
- Handful fresh mint , chopped
- a few small mint leaves reserved for garnish
Instructions
- Prepare Quinoa: Combine quinoa with 1 1/2 cups water and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover pan with a lid, and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for about 15 minutes, stirring once. Remove from heat, fluff, and set aside to cool.
- Prepare Dressing. Combine all dressing ingredients in a bowl and whisk with a fork to combine. (For best lemon flavor, grate lemon zest directly over bowl so the lemon oil which releases when zesting will land in bowl.) Taste the dressing and add more salt to personal taste.
- Make Salad. When quinoa is cool, combine quinoa, tomatoes, mint, and dressing in a bowl and toss well. Place on serving dish and garnish with remaining small mint leaves.
Jaune flammes are my favorite tomato to grow because of what said–the flavor. They’re so sweet! I couldn’t find them at my local nursery this year but next year, I’ll order the seeds online if I have to.
Beautiful salad!
This definately sounds like a recipe I am going to try. I just went to the farmers market today, the heirloom’s will be ready in a couple more weeks. I am always looking for different ways to serve them other than olive oil and basil. Thanks!
great looking dish!!! we love quinoa and heirloom tomatoes. i really need to get better at growing my own. tomatoes at the market can be sooooo disappointing.
so you guys are bring the forum to my neck of the woods this year. it sound like fun and informative. let’s see if i can’t drum up the cash.
PS Am an Heirloom fanatic…but only 6 varieties planted.
Kathy- only? 6 varieties is still alot! Hope you get great tomatoes this year.
Just stumbled upon this mouth-watering blog via who-knows-where….perhaps a FB connection?…dunno…am in love with the recipes, of course, but the photography of food has GRABBED MY INNER SOUL!
new fan–Kathy
Katy- awww, thanks! xoxo
Hi! I’ve never been to a blogger’s event. Wish I could be in Atlanta…..
we have been gorging ourselves with heirloom tomatoes…just can’t get enough!
This looks absolutely delicious – what better way to feast during the summer than with tomatoes?! Plus, we get the beautiful colors of nature. Thanks for sharing.
Lick My Spoon- yes, Summer gardening and feasting is all about the tomatoes. It’s tough to go back to store bought tomatoes.
Our tomatoes aren’t ready yet, but when they are this salad will be on the menu!
Wow, this salad sounds lovely. Full of zesty bite and summer pep. It’s persuaded me to have my very first go at quinoa for a family supper tomorrow night. I know it’s chock full of super healthy nutrients, but I’ve never actually seen a recipe that’s made me want to make it. They normally look as appetising as 1970s vegan food – that is, not at all! Thanks v much for opening my eyes to quinoa’s flavourful possibilities.
Sonndapond- quinoa is super duper healthy and so versatile as well in so many dishes!
I love heirloom tomatoes – they, along with peaches, are my favorite part of summer.
And these food blog are awesome. Can’t wait until you all come to the Bay Area!
Stephanie- yes, SF! Be on the lookout, a seminar might be coming your way very soon.
I am always on the look out for recipes for quinoa and this looks delicious.
I adore quinoa and am always looking for new ways to use it. I’m interested in the the organic neem oil. Where do you find that?
The neem oil used to be found only in the cool little nurseries, but now we are starting to see it everywhere. We bought our last bottle of concentrate at either Lowes or Home Depot, can’t remember which. Seems like we see it in almost every nursery we visit now. We love it. It is gentle yet effective against the fungi and mildews which have tried to hammer our plants this year since we’ve had a rather cool beginning of summer.
Thanks for the neem oil tip. Tomatoes have always done really well in our garden, until the last two years. Suddenly, they never seem to grow very big, and the yield is very low compared to years past. We turn the soil, mulch, etc., every year, but I’ve never tried neem oil. Maybe it will help! 🙂
Am I the only person who thinks that quinoa tastes *funk*? I’ll substitute barley or wheat berries–it’ll still be good. I’m jealous of your tomatoes–all I have are a piddly few cherry tomatoes. No tomato love this year, dangit.
Off to look at the conference. Exciting stuff!
TheKitchenWitch – lol, barely or wheat berries will be a fine substitute. Quinoa has a definitely texture that may be a little odd to some.
I adore quinoa – this sounds like a fabulous combination.
oh my, salivating… I have a pretty good supplier of heirlooms… will have to look into the Jaune Flamme variety.