Sliced tomatoes with cheese is fast and easy side dish. You’re enhancing a simple fresh side dish into a creamy and flavorful salad replacement. So, keep reading for a lot of variations and to learn what cheeses are good as a topping. This is part of our Salad Sides Recipes Category.
Introduction to Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese on Top
Basically, the main recipe and this article revolve around lots of great ways to enjoy and serve sliced tomatoes with cheese on top. We’ll cover different cheeses as well as other ingredients to mix in with it. Read further to discover what some of those cheeses are.
While you can put spices on top of the cheese, it’s faster to make if you put the spices on all the tomato slices first. Then, you can put a variety of cheese toppers on each one after that. Or, you even have some tomato slices with no cheese and just spices, like Italian seasoning, Mrs. Dash, or even just black pepper.
What Cheese Goes Well With Tomatoes?
Knowing what cheese goes well with tomatoes is important for a flavorful combination. Some will do well cold but others are only good if broiled or hot. For example, tomatoes and cottage cheese do well in a hot Lasagna casserole. But, as a sliced tomato with a cottage cheese topper, it won’t be good if it’s broiled. However, it does fine if it’s cold.
Here are some cheeses that are known to serve well with sliced tomatoes as a cold side dish and can easily take the place of your meal’s salad.
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- cheddar cheese
- feta cheese
- cottage cheese
- swiss cheese
- blue cheese (Danish is best)
- gorgonzola cheese
- longhorn cheese
- Colby cheese
- ricotta cheese
- asiago cheese
Variations Of Tomatoes With Cheese On Top
Here are some different variations of sliced tomatoes with cheese on top.
- Some can be broiled for about 1 minute, just until the your cheese starts to melt. Or, in some cases, just when the cheese starts to brown.
- No cheese: Consider having just Italian Zesty dressing as the topper.
- Another option is to change out the blue cheese with another cheese of your choice for those that may not be favorable to blue cheese.
- Another options is to have a different cheese on each tomato slice.
- You can also use some modest-sized, thick slices or chunks of sharp cheddar cheese as your cheese topper.
Tomatoes with Cottage Cheese on Top
You can also consider a sliced tomato with cottage cheese as a topper. Just ensure you don’t broil that one. On this, because you’re using cottage cheese, you can also consider adding any form of small pineapple pieces (crushed, diced, tidbits, etc.) on top of the cottage cheese. On its presentation, it is a very colorful trio with the showing of red, white, and yellow.
Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese – Parmesan on Top
You can easily sliced tomatoes with Parmesan cheese. This particular combination serves well as either a cold or broiled side dish. Tomato slices with parmesan cheese are always a good combination. The Parmesan can be either from the store bought shaker container or it can be fresh as shredded Parmesan cheese.
Broiled Tomato Slices Recipe with Cheese on Top
Brush slices with olive oil and broil for 1-2 minutes. Then, top with blue cheese and broil again, just until the cheese starts to melt. Remove from oven and top with a small dollop of sour cream and serve. Do not attempt to bake; this is an emphasis on broiling.
Tomato Blue Cheese Balsamic Salad
You can easily whip up a tomato blue cheese balsamic salad in 2 different ways.
- Maintain to have tomato slices and top each with some crumbled Danish blue cheese. Lightly sprinkle a bit of Italian spices (or just Oregano or Basil). Then, conclude with pouring a very small amount of Balsamic dressing across each slice.
- Cutup to have large diced tomatoes and mix in some Italian spices into a mixing bowl. Crumble some Danish blue cheese and pour in some Balsamic dressing, just enough to coat all the tomato and cheese pieces but not to have much dressing, if any, at the bottom of the bowl. Toss and serve.
Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese – Feta Cheese on Top
Sliced tomatoes with Feta cheese on top is really flavorful. You can also consider combining the Feta with a little bit of mayo and sour cream. That mixture is incredible.
Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese – Mozzarella on Top
Sliced tomatoes with Mozzarella cheese go extremely well together and are very popular at dinner. There are some variations of this combination that involve changing out the spices and dressings. Read further to see about those variations.
Tomato and Mozzarella Dish
Having a tomatoes and mozzarella dish is always special at dinner. There are lots of various ways to make it as you can serve it hot or cold, and you can alter some of the other spices or ingredients to change it up even further.
The Mozzarella cheese can be either shredded or as a “solid” spoonful, in any shape. Enhance it even further on the next section; keep reading.
Tomato with Mozzarella and Balsamic
You can take it a step further and have sliced tomato with Mozzarella and Balsamic. So, while ensuring you’re using Mozzarella cheese (shredded or spoonful), you can pour over a bit of Balsamic dressing.
Alternatively, you can pour over just a touch of some Balsamic vinegar and follow that up with a bit of Olive oil. If you’re using the recipe here that involves mayo and sour cream, you can skip the Olive oil, since the mayo will have the needed oil already present.
Sliced Tomatoes with Mozzarella and Basil
Another great recipe variation is one of sliced tomatoes with Mozzarella and Basil. So, just follow the primary recipe and replace Mrs. Dash with Basil. You’ll want to use very little Basil, as it is strong. Just a pinch per tomato slice is best to start with. Also, of course, ensure you’re using Mozzarella cheese.
Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese on Toast
Having a slice of tomato and cheese on toast is an amazing treat. Make your buttered, garlic toast (triangles or halves) and top with a sliced tomato and cheese; then lightly broiled to melt the cheese. It’s really quite a treat for dinner time and it serves as both a salad and a bread side dish in one.
White Cheese for Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese
More specifically, here is a list of good white cheeses with tomatoes.
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- provolone cheese
- feta cheese
- cottage cheese
- ricotta cheese
- asiago cheese
Why do you recommend Danish Blue Cheese?
A chef in an Atlanta fine restaurant once explained the creamy taste of his blue cheese dressing. He only used Danish blue cheese. The cost is usually about 30-50% higher than regular blue cheese but it’s quite the treat when experienced. Castello is a popular brand carried in grocery stores like Publix and Wal-Mart.
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Conclusion of Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese
In conclusion, the recipe for sliced tomatoes with cheese on top is an easy surprise that is perfect for any meal. You can read this article “Does Cheese Go With Tomatoes?” from the “Eating Expired” site and get a clearer picture of how tomatoes and cheese go well together. Also, read our article answering the question “Do Tomatoes Need To Be Refrigerated?“
You’ve just seen there are many variations to this sliced tomatoes with cheese recipe, so you can always change it up to keep things interesting. You probably have a tomato and one of the cheeses mentioned so, why not give it a try today?
Sliced Tomatoes with Cheese Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 medium tomato 4 slices
- 1 Tbsp Mrs. Dash or Italian Seasoning
- 2 tsp sour cream
- 2 tsp mayonnaise
- ¼ tsp chicken flavor bouillon granules optional
- 2 tsp blue cheese or mozzarella cheese or shredded parmesan, feta, cheddar, or Colby
Instructions
- Slice the tomato to end up with about 4 medium thick slices. Sprinkle the Mrs. Dash over each.
- Add a dollop of about ½ tsp. each of sour cream and mayonnaise onto the center of each tomato slice. Optionally, add a pinch of chicken flavor bouillon granules across each. Then, top each slice with ½ tsp. of shredded cheese (or crumbled blue cheese) and serve (or refrigerate for later).
Notes
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- cheddar cheese
- feta cheese
- cottage cheese
- swiss cheese
- blue cheese (Danish is best)
- gorgonzola cheese
- longhorn cheese
- Colby cheese
- ricotta cheese
- asiago cheese