Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Spicy no-mayo coleslaw is the picnic side that won over my mayo-faithful family: crisp shredded cabbage and peppers in a sharp Dijon-sherry vinaigrette with fresh jalapeño or serrano heat. It's bright where creamy slaw is heavy, and it holds up on a buffet table...
Simple Japanese seaweed salad — wakame salad — is that glossy, sesame-slicked side from sushi restaurants, and it takes twenty minutes at home. Dried wakame rehydrates while you whisk soy, rice vinegar, mirin, and sesame oil into a quick dressing. The recipe is...
Shaved artichoke salad with Parmesan and lemon is a 15-minute lesson in raw elegance: paper-thin baby artichokes, curls of good Parmesan, grassy olive oil, and a heavy hand with lemon. No cooking at all. A mandoline and a sharp knife are the only equipment that...
Mediterranean seaweed salad with sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, and roasted peppers gives briny arame a full Italian treatment. Twenty minutes, most of it soaking: rehydrate the seaweed, whisk a garlicky red wine vinaigrette, and pile it over romaine with basil and...
Italian-American mushroom salad is the marinated mushrooms you know from every good antipasto platter: tender cooked buttons in olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, and onion, with parsley for freshness. Cook, cool, marinate — about an hour, and it's better...
Korean-style lettuce and chive salad is the kind of quick banchan-style side that makes you keep eating rice. Tender lettuce and raw chives get a five-minute toss in a sesame-soy dressing spiked with gochugaru. From knife to table in fifteen minutes. Ready to elevate...
Heirloom tomato salad with hard-cooked eggs is peak-summer eating: sweet, colorful tomatoes, jammy yolks, and thin shallot under a mustard vinaigrette, with croutons for crunch. Twenty-five minutes and it's a full lunch, not a side. This is the recipe I plan...
Grilled shiitake and portobello salad with soy vinaigrette is my 16-minute trick for making vegetables the main event. Big mushroom caps pick up char and smoke in about 6 minutes, then land on greens with a salty-sweet soy dressing. Double the batch and it stops being...
Curried coconut soup with lemongrass is Thai-inspired comfort you can pull off on a weeknight: 40 minutes, one pot, and a broth built from garlic, ginger, chile, curry powder, and coconut milk, with shiitake caps for heft. It's rich, gently spicy, and better than...
Japanese-inspired miso eggplant salad dresses tender cooked eggplant in a salty-sweet glaze of white miso, soy, mirin, and rice vinegar. It takes about 30 minutes, it's written as a single-serving lunch, and it scales up without a thought. Chopped walnuts on top...
Vibrant cucumber salad with soy and ginger is the 25-minute side that resets a heavy meal. Thin-sliced cucumbers marinate in rice vinegar, soy, sugar, and a generous grating of fresh ginger until glossy and sharp. There's a Korean-style spin with garlic, chile,...
The ultimate summer corn salad is my most-requested potluck dish, and it earns the title: charred corn, red onion, bell pepper, tomato, avocado, lime, and cilantro in one crunchy-creamy bowl. Thirty minutes, one skillet, and it feeds four as a side. Leftovers, if...