Choose An Ingredient Potluck Party: Tomatoes
Assign each of your friends or family members a category to make a dish that incorporates tomatoes! You can even send them this list of tasty tomato dishes in case they're short on ideas. And of course, you can feel free to choose your own ingredient and browse through the recipes on the site to come up with your own list of suggestions! Either way, it will be fun to see how the final menu plays out. Think of it as an Iron Chef challenge...only the ingredient isn't so secret :)
Hillary
Your RSVP Editor
Appetizers
Begin with a tomato salad, salsa or even stuffed cherry tomatoes. There are virtually no limits to the size or amount of dishes you can make with tomatoes!
Garlic Tomato Dip (serve with pita chips!)
Main Courses Tomatoes lend themselves to all sorts of delicious main dishes, be it pasta, souffles or any of these tasty suggestions!
Mussels with Tomatoes, Basil and Garlic
Chicken with Fire Roasted Tomatoes
Grilled Tuna with Fresh Tomato Salsa
Side Dishes
Tomato, Basil, Couscous and Lentil Salad
Mostaccioli with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Baked Eggplant, Tomato and Pasta Gratin
Desserts If you're feeling extra creative and aren't yet sick of tomatoes, feel free to prepare some of these "sweet" suggestions below. If not, a regular dessert is just fine! Green Tomato Spice Cake
Tomato Butter (spread on sweet bread or crackers)
Green Tomato Jam (spread on sweet bread or crackers)
Beverages There are plenty of tomato beverages out there so don't cut your theme short here! But do have plenty of lemonade and ice water on hand just in case.
Spicy Tomato Cucumber Smoothie
Presentation Pointers: 1. Have serving platters washed and ready for each of your guests' dishes. You want to make their dish feel like part of the party!
2. Make sure everyone is on the same page ahead of time. Remember to assign different categories to each guest so that there aren't too many desserts, appetizers, or what have you.
3. Provide take home containers for your guests to take home leftovers, or have them use the containers they brought. Letting them bring some of the food home will reward them for bringing something.
