tomato love recipe exchange (2024)

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You say tomato? I say….

You should totally participate in this summer’s “Tomato Love Recipe Exchange” that I am hosting with Cassie from Bake Your Day!

That’s right. ‘Tis the season for fresh, juice and delicious tomatoes in abundance. So beginning next week on July 9, Cassie and I are going to be posting a new themed recipe exchange celebrating tomatoes every Monday for eight weeks. That’s eight weeks of tomato recipes exchanges! From tomato appetizers, to soups, to pizzas, to dips and more — each week’s exchange is going to be filled with some serious tomato love. And the fun of it is that both bloggers and readers (without blogs!) can all participate and be eligible to win some stellarprizes. Prizes, you say? Yes, prizes. Good ones. You’ll have to check back next week for our first exchange — “Tomato Appetizers” — to learn more!

But as we mention in our super-fancy little video below (look out, we went high tech!), Cassie and I are really hoping that the main “prize” of the summer will be for everyone to learn more about supporting tomato farmers in the United States. We are thrilled that this recipe exchange is actually in partnership with the International Justice Mission, an organization that Cassie and I have admired for years. Through their summer program called “Recipe for Change”, they are helping provide education and resources about how to empower our nation’s tomato farmers. As some of you may know, the tomato farms in Florida, where 90% of our country’s offseason tomatoes are grown, used to be labeled as “ground zero” for modern-day slavery in the U.S. The facts and stories are completely heartbreaking, but thanks to IJM and some other great organizations, amazingstrides have been made in advocating for healthy working conditions and fair wages for our tomato farmers. You will have to read those stories too — so inspiring. But more work has yet to be done, so we are excited to share more with you about some simple steps you can take to help support and advocate for our farmers, and would totally encourage you to sign up for IJM’s weekly “Recipe for Change” emails for additional resources, stories and more tomato love recipes from folks like Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, and more. It’s going to be a great summer!

So pull out your favorite tomato recipes, and follow along this summer for our eight tomato recipes exchanges beginning next Monday on July 9. We can’t wait to have you be a part and share in the tomato love! :)

Tomato Love Recipe Exchange Rules:

How To Participate If You Have A Blog:

1. Post: Create a tomato recipe using that week’s specific theme (appetizers, pizzas, etc.). You may enter up to THREE recipes per week. We would love for at least one of those to be a new post, but you are welcome to tag old posts as well if they fit the requirements.

Mark Your Calendars:

A big thanks to Julie ofTable for Twofor designing our Tomato Love graphic at the top of the post!