So simple, so delicious. Sweet summer tomatoes shine atop crisp bread with fruity olive oil, rich Spanish ham and the bite of salt. There’s no room to hide here so use the best ingredients you can get your hands on.

When Kidd O’Shea of Good Morning Washington stopped by the house for some backyard grilling I shared a few recipes and some simple tips to up your grilling game this summer.

This quesadilla, crisp-crusted and oozing cheese, celebrates one last summer harvest, boosting late-season vegetables with a little extra time on the stove and additional flavor from herbs and spices. This is hearty enough for a simple dinner and scales up easily for a crowd.

Soup in summer? Sweet corn and rich cream get a bright burst from the acid in fresh summer tomatoes and a finishing splash of sherry vinegar. The corn’s starches reduce the need for lots of cream, keeping this soup a nice light, summer weight.

This is a late-summer harvest tossed with a hearty plateful of pasta and topped with lots of grated parmesan cheese. Vinegar and basil keep end-of-season produce tasting fresh and bright. One taste and you’ll be making this a lot earlier next year.

Watermelon gazpacho the way it was meant to be: cold, bright, sweet and refreshing! Honey brings out the sweet fruit, a pinch of salt pops the tangy tomatoes, lime and jalapeño bring brightness!

Classic Italian flavors — sweet summer tomatoes, bitter, salty capers and a bright red wine vinaigrette loaded with fresh basil and oregano — come together with Farfalle bowties for a quick, fresh and clean pasta salad ready for your next cookout. It might inspire your guests, like mine, to say this is the best pasta salad ever.

Creamy, baked zucchini and tomato are topped with runny, melted, fresh mozzarella. Surprising herbal notes from Za’atar, a North African blend of sesame seeds, sumac and herbs, will remind you of Italian seasoning but with something special and new. The simplicity of this dish belies layer upon layer of bright, rich summer flavor.

This game day take on a classic Spanish tapas dish pairs crispy, homemade tater-tots with smoky, sweet Bravas tomato sauce and sharp, rich, garlic-y aioli. Bonus, for all of that richness, it’s totally vegan. Want to save some time? The tots are good but the sauces are the real magic here so bake some cubed yellow potatoes or heat up some frozen tots in your air fryer and sauce away!

The tart side of sweet plums brings balance to this refreshing, easy tomato and fruit gazpacho. Floral coriander seed and the spiced notes of Thai basil lend it the complexity to serve as the opening act for steak off the grill, or play summer and light to a main course of poached fish.

This simple dish reinvents a leftover tomato salad into a fresh, rich, one-dish summer. Sweet tomatoes, pungent herbs and sharp feta balance with full-flavored chicken thighs for a delicious meal with almost no work! Enjoy!

Tackle the boredom of leftovers by transforming them into something entirely new. The work you’ve already done adds up delivering quick and easy meals packed with flavor. From a recent appearance on WJLA ABC7 Good Morning Washington.

This salad is so good it deserves hyperbole. Here goes. In the summertime, when the corn is high this simple salad celebrates tomatoes at their beautifully-balanced, sugary, acidic best. Sweet tomatoes, sharp, salty feta and the bright, earthy herb and red wine vinaigrette combine three big personalities on one stage and share the limelight in perfect balance delivering one delicious experience.

Rich, spicy and fresh, this is everything you’ve wanted in a tomato soup. Coconut cream, Panang curry and cilantro add summery, Thai flavors that still pair deliciously with your crispy, buttery grilled cheese sandwich.

This bold, complex, hearty, vegan vegetable soup builds layer upon layer of flavor - earthy mushrooms, rich tomato paste, sweet paprika and salty, funky miso. You’ll never miss the meat!

From summer through fall, my Mom’s arrival at our home is accompanied by food, harvested fresh from her garden and put up in her freezer. It always includes rich caponata, a classic Italian blend of eggplants and peppers, tomatoes, basil and capers. This dish captures those flavors in a quick, fresh, one-dish vegan homage to the end of summer.

This dish is a celebration of the freshest summer corn and tomatoes you can lay your hands on! Honey brings out the sweet notes of raw corn, while cumin and coriander give it depth.

Tangy, spicy and warmly flavored Tunisian Harissa paste flavors a sweet, complex marinade paired perfectly with bright summer tomatoes and rich sirloin that get a smoky hit from the grill.

Rich and hearty these quesadillas balance earthy, sweet pumpkin with sharp red onion, smoky Spanish paprika and spicy Chorizo sausage. Sharp cheddar holds everything together between crisp flour tortillas. Perfect as a snack and satisfying enough for a one-dish dinner.