So if you’re tired of your go-to sauce recipes, we’re giving you three flavour-filled tomato-based recipes to add to your repertoire – all courtesy of chef Claire Thomson’s new cookbook, Tomato.

As an ode to the humble veg, the book features over 80 tomato-centric recipes, from no-cook salads and dips to hearty, rich and spicy soups, stews – and of course, pasta sauces. Keep reading for all the inspiration you’ll need…

If you’re after a no-cook recipe for hot summer days, the search ends with Claire’s trapanese sauce. Aside from gently toasting the almonds in a hot pan, the recipe simply combines the nuts, tomatoes, garlic and basil in a food processor for an effortless dinner. So all you need to do is cook your favourite pasta and combine.

Tomato: 3 easy pasta sauce recipes that make veg the star of the show