American tomatoes appetizers & snacks recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Oven Dried Cherry Tomatoes

A perfect way to use up your cherry tomato explosion. These tomatoes are the perfect topping for a salad or a broiled chicken breast.

Chipotle Sauce

Chipotle chiles (smoked, dried jalapeño's), bacon and beef broth give this unusual tomato-based sauce its deep flavor. Use it in Braised Meat Loaf…

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

Roasted Tomatoes with Goat Cheese

Makes a wonderful appetizer for this holiday season or anytime.

Baked Green Tomatoes

These baked green tomatoes are wonderful this time of year before the frost or freeze kills them. Harvest your green tomatoes now.

Caprese Galette

The cornmeal crust is the perfect stage for summer fresh tomatoes.

Chipotle Black Bean Salsa

This is a very yummy and healthful salsa. It is low in calories, low in fat, and the beans add protein.

Midwestern Garden Salsa

This is a more mild salsa that most farmers enjoy eating!

Caramelized Onion -Tomato Jam

Gazpacho (iced vegetable soup)

A friend made this for a summer evening appetizer some years ago and I have been making it ever since. We live in Phoenix so I may add a green…

Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

This is an extremely tasty appetizer spread, that I borrowed from Terry Thomson's "Cajun and Creole Cooking" book. I blatantly copied this, as I…

Ketchup Recipe

Regular ketchup is chock full of sugar, salt, preservatives and all sorts of things you probably don't want to think much about. Low Sugar and Low…

The Italian Sauce or Gravy Debate

A little history goes a long way. Some Regions in Italy called Tomato topping "Sauce" and some called it…

Ricotta-Portabella Stuffed Tomatoes

A delicious savory appetizer...vine-ripened tomatoes are best for this recipe.