What’s a great way to cook tomatoes? ROAST ‘EM, BABY! Roasting the tomatoes brings out all of the natural sugars and the flavor of the tomatoes deepens into this wonderful slightly sweet, slightly salty, juicy and tangy flavor. Oven Roasted Tomatoes are so simple that I hesitated to add this recipe to my blog. However, I wanted to share the simple steps that result in HUGE flavors, so here it is.