To successfully freeze fresh raw tomatoes, you can: Slice tomatoes into at least 1/2-inch slices. Put slices on a cookie sheet and freeze for 2 hours. Remove slices and put them into freezer bags or containers.

Sliced tomatoes are marinated in olive oil with chopped fresh thyme, oregano, parsley, chives and garlic, then topped with Parmesan cheese to make a garden-fresh side dish.

No cooking, no grilling, no roasting, just good tomatoes straight from the garden served in beautiful but simple ways. You'll see what inspired that idea, it's in the first photo below, a beautiful platter of tomato slices sprinkled with dainty white garlic chive flowers with a tiny tomato bouquet of flowers in the center.

Creating perfect slices of tomato for your burgers, dicing them up for a flavor-packed bruschetta, or cutting them into wedges for a fresh garden salad might sound like simple preparations, but a few common mistakes can leave you with sloppy, uneven tomato chunks and a cutting board covered in watery pulp.

Sliced very ripe tomatoes in season... with good olive oil and garlic, some salt and a bit of acid, lemon juice instead of vinegar, for me. What is there not to like? I'd hold the capers and...