A round up/giveaway post in collaboration with Cirio.
Ah, the humble tin of tomatoes, lurking there in the back of the pantry. Oh ye store cupboard staple – what can we do with you?
Hearty Chickpea and Sweet Potato Stew by Tinned Tomatoes
Turkey Bolognese by Fab Food 4 All
Easy Vegan Tinned Tomato & Basil Soup by Planet Veggie
Chorizo Style Sausage & Rigatoni Bake by Gingey Bites
Simple Tomato & Basil Sauce Recipe by Lovely Appetite
Mini Picnic Calzones by The Veg Space
Wild Scottish Venison Pizza with Wild Garlic Pesto by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
Quick Tomato Sauce with Seaweed by Tin & Thyme
Borlotti Bean Minestrone Hot Pot by The Veg Space
Baked Pulpetti – A Maltese Recipe by Munchies & Munchkins
Pork Meatballs in Tomato Sauce by Lovely Appetite
Simple Prawn, Mushroom & Spinach Curry by Fab Food 4 All
I always put at least four tins of tomatoes in my shopping trolley when I do a supermarket shop. I find them incredibly useful for quick pasta dishes, pizza sauces and soups.
Cirio is a trusted well known Italian brand of tinned tomatoes, as well as a wide range of other tomato products. They’ve been canning tomatoes since 1856, so they know their stuff! Their tomatoes are grown in the most stunning area – you have to read Helen’s post over at Fuss Free Flavours of her visit to the Cirio growing grounds in Tuscany last year.
Quite often we rely on Italian plum tomatoes or chopped tomatoes for our recipes, but I like that Cirio grow and can other delicious types of tomato including filetti, pomodorini and datterini. Give them a go, they’ll give your usual tinned tomato recipes a delightful twist.
GIVEAWAY
Cirio have kindly offered a Cirio Goody Bag worth £20 as a giveaway prize for one of my UK readers. To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!
CIRIO GOODY BAG CONTENTS: 1 x tin Cirio chopped tomatoes; 1 tetra pack Cirio chopped tomatoes; 1 x jar of Cirio passata; 1 x tin Cirio peeled plum tomatoes; 1 x tin Cirio Filetti tomatoes; 1 x tin Cirio Datterini tomatoes; 1 x Cirio keyring; 1 x Cirio trolley disc; 1 x Cirio apron and 1 x Cirio shopper bag.
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I love using them in a tomato soup. I cook the tomatoes then add to a sauce I’ve made with chicken stock. Tastes divine!
I’m on the Slimming World diet so nearly every meal is made with tin tomatoes! my favourite being lasagne.
In pasta! I Love making a nice pasta sauce 😀 Especially one my daughter can have to
I make a sausage casserole with chicken sausages – my boys love it!
I make my own sauces with tinned tomatoes for bolognese, lasagne and tomato soup
I like a portion of tinned chopped tomatoes with my breakfast fry up!
for spaghetti sauce
My hubby loves them on toast, I tend to make a spicy pasta sauce 🙂
I think the Kids would really enjoy the Healthy Pizza Taco Cones .. me too! : )
i add them to chicken pasta with lots of vegetables
Homemade enchiladas and Spanish rice. I have an enchilada and rice casserole recipe which is an easy variation of this.
A spoonful on toast in the morning with white pepper. I can make half a tin last a week with this, my favourite breakfast.
In a lovely rich chicken Balti curry, with lots of other veg and fresh spices.
I like to mix tinned tomatoes with some chilli flakes, sweet potato and butter beans, cover them with a breadcrumb and cheese topping and then bake them in the oven 🙂 Delicious!
in home made vegetarian chilli
I use them in a Vegetarian Chilli with beans and chopped peppers.
If I have any left over I fry some chicken breast in tinned tomatoes with garlic and herbs. Makes for a quick and simple tea served with rice or potatoes 🙂
in a chilli – yum!
I always add a tin of tomatoes to my homemade vegetable soup together with some chopped herbs
I love to blend them up to use in making a yummy pizza sauce
i would use them in my mince or soups pasta sauces etc
To make a lasagne or a chicken, bacon and mushroom casserole
I like to make an aubergine stew with lots of tomatoes
It’s boring I know. But I love making a simple marinara sauce. It’s great as a base when I cook Italian food and and I can change the recipe according to what I’m making (ex Arrabiata or a bolognese sauce) and it’s great for soup too. I love making minestrone soup with marinara sauce.
What don’t we use them in? I love using them in a bolognese but they are my one kitchen staple, we use them for everything!
I use tomatoes in chilli and spaghetti sauces, always have tinned tomatoes in the house
i like to use them in a spaghetti bolognese
I love to make roasted red pepper and tomato soup
I love to make a variety of soups and use our home-grown tomatoes when in season but if not always have tinned tomatoes as a stand-by 🙂
Home made Chilli, very nice to
In a bolognase sauce x
I like tinned chopped tomatoes on really buttery toast
Either in a curry or a chilli……
spaghetti bolongaise
I use tinned tomatoes in all my sauces for a rich taste of tomatoes. Thank you.
I would use a tin of tomatoes in either Lasagna or Chilli
I put tinned tomatoes in my cottage pie, yummy!
Casseroles, curries and Bolognaise sauces
I use them to make red pepper tomato and basil soup
We use them to make something called pizza toast.
As the base for a chilli ratatouille so yummy
i use them in all sorts lasagne, roasted red pepper soup(thats my favourite) spag bol , the list is endless
I use leftover tinned tomatoes to make a gnocchi bake with olives and Mozarella cheese. Perfect with salad and ready in about 20 minutes.
I use them in my meat loaf, just gives that extra tang.
i love them on a full english breakfast with all the trimmings
I use them for breakfast the next day with cubes of cheese melted in them and put on toast x
I always used tinned tomatoes in spag bowl yum yum
I fry them with some chopped chilli, garlic, pinch of saffron and splash of white wine, bring to a bubble, swirl in a tablespoon of cream and toss linguine into the sauce
in with chicken and chorzio in the slow cooker
I add them to my sausage casseroles or cornbeef hot pots
I use them to make spag bowl or there great for pasta sauces
We use ours in spaghetti bolognese but we put the tomatoes in the processor first to make it more baby size for our daughter. Although yesterday I did find a recipie for lamb and potato bake which used tinned tomatoes and it was gorgeous. Think that one will become a regular in our household.
I use them in my jambalaya
I like to make my own sauce to go with tortellini, tinned tomatoes are a great start
I actually like to eat them with potato scones for a lunch!
I use them to make a bolognese sauce, add mince, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, herbs and parmesan
I use them for Pasta sauces and chilli con carne.
I use them in my delicious American-style chipotle meatballs with mozzarella topping!
To add bulk to a chilli con carne – makes it taste really rich.
Use the tinned tomatoes along with tortellini :- Delicious.
I would normal make a bolognese sauce and freeze it as its a quick and easy meal with pasta
Making passata to use as a pizza sauce 🙂
I love to use Tin Tomotoes to make a Rich Tasty Bolognese Sauce 🙂
Great addition to home made sweet potato and red pepper soupa
Always use them in my Chilli-con-carne and add to Shepherds Pie too for some added veggies
Pasta sauces
I love using tinned tomatoes in my chilli con carne or my spaghetti bologneseit gives it a great flavour
I like to make a pork goulash with them.
I like getting some tinned tomatoes, chopping them in an ovenproof dish top with cheese and grill, very simply but I love it 🙂
We rarely have leftover chopped tomatoes – we’re eating them all the time in everything! Some of my favourites are Chilli, Spaghetti Bolegnaise, or even better for using loads of tomatoes, Melanzane Parmigiana where you just fry aubergine and put it in with a quick tomato sauce layered, and some parmesan on top. So delicious!
I love using chopped tomatoes as part of a tasty sauce for chilli con carne
I love tomato eggs, place tin of tomatoes into oven proof bowl, crack a couple of eggs into it and grate cheese to cover, then pop in oven for half and hour , eat with chunk of crusty bread….. yummmmmmy
In a bacon sandwich! Its healthier and tastier than ketchup
I find tinned tomatoes a great standby. I mainly use them for vegetable bakes when I want to use up veggies that are past their best.
I love tinned tomatoes on toast, very yummy xx
I add them to a sausage casserole, Yum yum
make a salsa with toms onions garlic and corriander
I love to make beef and vegetable Lasagna
Tomato soup – quick, simple & tasty!!
In homemade chilli con carne. Also used to make vegetable pasta and lasagne. Can be used as a base for so many dishes.
I use tinned tomato in quite a few dishes but mainly they are great in cooking up a quick curry, totally versatile.
I love using tin tomatoes to make yummy pasta sauces or sausage and tomato casserole.
In a tomato sauce for pasta, or rice or even as a soup base
brilliant to make home made chillis, tomato sauces for lasagnes, pizzas and as a base for curries
I use it to make salsa for our weekend treat, we usually have baked wedges or tortilla chips. So we love left over tomatoes.
i love to use them in pasta sauces that i make for my family
I add them to mince (okay so I know it is a fruit) to get vegetables in to my children the painless way. My kids think mince naturally comes with red bits through it. They also think mashed potato is a bit orange.
I use them all the time to make ragu
I love making marinara sauce with tomatoes. With a few secret spices, it’s amazing
I use them to make a quick curry sauce with vegatables
I use it to make up batches of veggy sauce which i then freeze for making quick and easy meals!
We have thickened tomato which my grandad said was eaten in the war just stir in a beef oxo cube or 2 and its lovely with mash and sausages or on toast
I use tomatoes a lot for soup and in mince dishes – lasagne etc. I really love the look of the Taco Cones, yum! Great post. Thank you for sharing. xx
I love using tin tomatoes to make up enchilada sauces and chilli con carne
I use them in lots of ways, spicy provencal sauce to accompany baked cod, chilli con carne, lasagne and pizza sauce
i like to make a yummy soup using tomatoes garlic stock red and green peppers and onions then i blitz it sometimes i add some pesto too
i liekd to use them in pasta dishes
Cooked down with peppers, fresh toms, garlic, onion and whatever else I can find, rolled into tortillas with basil and cheese, topped with cheese and grilled.
It is the basic ingredient of nearly all my soups
I absolutely love tinned tomatoes and really like having them on toast x
I want to try the Jollof spaghetti. Loved Joffol rice when I worked in Ghana for a year… loved that with chicken! Yum 🙂
We use tin tomatoes for our Pizza base & topping.
I am going to have to save this for later I think – these sound like some great ideas for things to make! x
In spaghetti bolognese. Adds a great depth of flavour.
spag bol is my number 1 choice. starting to make it more authentic italian with bacon rather than the uk mutation. also homemade pizzas.
i love them for breakfast on toast!
I like to put them into a bolognese sauce which I then serve with pasta or put into a lasagne.
I use them in my pasta bolognese sauce.
i love to use them in pasta sauces
Garlicky mushroom and tomato sauce for pasta, my partner makes this and it’s so yummy.
Homemade Paella
adding some spinach too, i would use it as part of a delicious pasta dish
We never have any left over tomatoes — we always use up the whole tin (or tins!) in whatever dish we’re making. Lots of pasta dishes. Sauces for various chicken dishes. Or meatballs. Seems like virtually everything we make has tinned tomatoes in it.
as part of a sauce for pasta.
In my lentil and tomato soup – so easy to make with tinned tomatoes, lentils, herbs and a little bit of Marmite for flavour.
in soup noodles with beef
Love them in a homemade minestrone soup x
We use a lot of tinned tomatoes in Chillis and in a beef/carrot/onion/potato/tomato casserole my wife makes!
I have two favourite ways – for pasta sauces as they are so quick and make such a delicious sauce and spag bol.
I love to make Italian Beef Stew! Using beef strips, tinned tomatoes, onion, yellow pepper and fresh garlic!
Add some garlic and fresh basil and use on homemade pizzas.
When I use my slow cooker I love to do a turkey casserole I always put tinned tomatoes in and a squash to replace potatoes it’s delicious
I always use them in pasta sauces and risottos x
I love to make puttanesca sauce for pasta!
I love to make puttanesca sauce!
Favourite recipe is tomato, red pepper and kidney bean soup
They are the base to a lot of my dishes, lasagna, spaghetti bolagnese and curries to name just a few!
I like to use them to make a pizza sauce
I make all sorts, tomato soup, pasta sauces, spag bol, lasagne, chilli, love them in stews too.
Make a delicious pasta sauce
usually in a sauce with pasta or mince
We like to use them up in fresh homemade veggies soups 🙂
We use them in chilli con carne, in spag bol, use two tins every Saturday morning when we have a cooked breakfast then another tin in the evening when we make a chicken and mushroom curry.
Hubby makes all his own sauces now using tin tomatoes & pasata & I use tin tomatoes in my vegetarian curry.
Has to be SPAG BOWL!
with cheese on toast
I make pasta sauce with them or throw them in my curries. Tomatoes go in everything really
We use them in spag bols or pasta dishes
I don’t know about use up as we go through loads, I like to make chilli con carne, spaghetti bolognaise, vegetable soup but my favourite is tomato and cheese risotto which I make in the microwave. It is fast and nutritious for a quick after work dinner
i use them in lasagne also add them to the mince in shepherds pie
Fry off onions and garlic, add tinned tomatoes and dried oregano – let simmer for as long as possible. Hey presto a versatile sauce for pasta, mixing with mince for bolognese, pizza topping, add cream for a tomato soup!
I like to use tinned tomatoes for pasta sauces or in spicy Moroccan tangines.
Not sure I ever have leftovers as I almost always use a tin at a time, but if I did it would be a great excuse for a breakfast fry up
Tomato soup would be my first choice. x
I use them in my Quorn chilli ☺️
with my homemade spagetti bonese
A vegetable tray bake with tinned tomatoes and herbs
make them into a stew of some sort
I use them in my home-made soups x
I use tinned tomatoes in lots of dishes but my favourite is sausage and chorizo goulash, never normally have left overs but if I did hubby would eat them on toast with a little seasoning
stivk them in any curry
It has to be in a chilli con carne for me – we eat so much chilli in our house!
i use them to make a tasty pasta sauce
I love to use them as a sauce for meatballs add some herbs and a little chilli, quick easy meal.
I use them when I am making homemade curry…..lovely
We use them for so many meals but Pasta bake has to be my fave
In a tummy spag bol!
I use tinned tomatoes in my homemade tomato soup, pasta bake and lasagne
It a chilli and vegetable pasta bake!
I like using them as a base for soups or pasta sauces.
a spagbol x
Pizza sauce with peeled plum tomatos
I like to make my tomato and basil soup then freeze it for delicious lunches
I use a lot of tinned tomatoes. Quite often we have used a little of a can to make a base for homemade pizza so the rest goes in a creamy, mild curry, cannelloni or spicy tomato soup.
i would use tinned tomatoes to make a lasagne for the whole family.
I use them for lots of dishes, chilli con carne, sausage casseroles, pasta sauces and for shepherds pie.
I love using them in a tomato & garlic pasta
Pizza sauce or pasta sauce is the most common use in our house.
My favourite way to use tinned tomatoes is in a bolognaise sauce.
I PUT THEM INTO MY SPAG BOL, LASAGNE, WITH A FRY UP OR JUST ON TOAST WITH SOME PEPPER
WITH MINCR FOR BOLOGNAISE
i like using them to make a pasta sauce
Tomato soup topped with a fresh basil leaf
I use them to make pasta sauces just add a bit of garlic ,chilli & Balsamic vinegar and have a lovely pasta sauce
In a spicy tomato sauce, to which pasta is added
I like to use tinned tomatoes as a base for bolognaise
I love to use them in a fry up with sausages, bacon, eggs and mushrooms etc
I like to use tinned tomatoes in an oven baked red pepper risotto.
I use tinned tomatoes in lasagne
my hubby uses them to make his bolognaise sauce and chilli con carne
i would probably make a lasagne for the whole family
My favourite way is squashed down and use it for the base of a sauce.
I use them all the time in pasta sauces, or lasagne 🙂
Pasta sauces 🙂
With some pasta shells, plenty of basil and crusty bread
I mainly use them in soups and pasta sauces 🙂
They are great in a corn beef hash
I use them for all kinds of pasta dishes,lasagne is our favourite.I use also enjoy them on top of cheese on toast.
I use tinned tomatoes very often normally in pasta sauces or any sort of sauce
As the basis for a mushroom and courgette sauce that we eat with pasta.
i add some garlic and chicken breasts to the tomatoes, healthy and tasty 🙂
I like to use in a nice lasagne which is a favourite dish in our house
It would be to make a tasty spaghetti bolognaise
I love to use them in a spicy bean stew!
I make a lovely tomato, onion and basil sauce to go over penne pasta with chorizo and grated cheese
I put them in stews or soups they make a tasty add in 🙂
I use them all the time in pasta sauces
I love to add them to Beef Soup and also to pasta bakes and lasagnes
Love them with broccoli and mushrooms topped with cheese.
I often use tinned tomatoes as the main ingredient for a pasta sauce, mixed with fried onions, garlic and herbs. Yumm.
great in a super-hot chilli con carne in my opinion
I use them up in a curry along with any other veg that needs using up
A nice chilli con carne is a staple meal in my house!
I use them in chilli con carne then I wash the tin and drain off the fat into it which then goes in the fridge.Once a week the tin comes out and goes in the bin for collection.This saves a lot of grief with blocked drains.
I often just heat them in a pan and serve them for breakfast with bacon, sausage, potato cakes and a poached egg. I love to dip toast in the tomatoes! I also love to make tomato sauces for homemade dishes such as lasagne, spaghetti bolognese or ravioli.
in a sauce for meatballs
Mixed with herbs and spread on a pizza base. Whatever toppings we have in fridge, tasty and an easy to prepare meal or snack!