Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Tex-Mex vegetarian sushi with roasted poblano and avocado is what happens when maki crosses the border. Smoky roasted poblanos, black beans, and creamy avocado roll up with crushed tortilla chips for crunch, finished with ponzu or salsa. The whole hour and change is...
Veggie spider rolls with mushroom tempura are the crunchiest thing I know how to make at home. Shimeji and enoki mushrooms get a starch dusting, a dip in Vegan Tempura Batter, and a quick fry, then roll up with cucumber, daikon, and romaine. Two hours total, and they...
This sweet and salty vegan sushi pairs soy-glazed sweet potato and shiitake with sprouts and toasted almonds. The potato and mushrooms simmer in a quick mix of water, soy sauce, and mirin until the glaze coats every piece. It's entirely plant-based and worth...
These fresh, no-fuss cucumber rolls are the hack I pull out when I want sushi without any nori. Cool cucumber wraps around sushi rice, mint-flecked Edamame Hummus, carrot, and pomegranate arils, with Vegetarian Ponzu for dipping. Twenty minutes, once the rice is...
Red bean inari sushi is dessert disguised as lunch, in the best possible way. Sweet red bean paste (anko) and fresh herbs — shiso or basil, mint, and scallion — fold into sushi rice inside sweet inari pouches. Twenty minutes with prepared rice, no rolling mat, and...
This crispy sweet chili eggplant salad is hot-and-cool, sweet-and-spicy, and better than it has any right to be. Shards of potato-starch-crusted eggplant fry up golden, then land on arugula with cilantro, mint, and warmed sweet chili sauce. Thirty minutes for a salad...
This 10-minute vegetarian miso soup is the bowl I make when comfort needs to be fast. Wakame and soft tofu float in vegetarian dashi, and the miso paste dissolves in at the very end. It tastes like it simmered all afternoon; your stopwatch says ten minutes. There's...
These restaurant-worthy vegetarian gyoza are the weekend project you'll be glad you spent. A savory filling of shiitake mushrooms, spinach, and cabbage gets sealed into crisp-bottomed dumplings, with a soy-rice vinegar dipping sauce on the side. Seventy minutes...
This cold tofu appetizer trio is my favorite way to open a Japanese-style meal. Chilled extra-firm tofu gets three personalities: gingery grated daikon and carrot with amazu, rich vegetarian eel sauce with fried onions and tomatoes, and bright ponzu with scallions....
Imagine the coziest, most comforting bowl of soup you've ever had. Now, picture it filled with delicate dumplings, each one a perfect parcel of savory pumpkin curry filling. This Pumpkin Curry Dumpling Soup is exactly that—a hug in a bowl, combining the earthy notes...
This vegetarian tempura soba noodle soup is Japanese comfort food at its coziest. A dashi-soy broth with mirin and sake cradles tender soba noodles, inari strips, and nori, crowned with crisp vegetable tempura. Thirty minutes, one pot, and dinner tastes like your...
Perfect vegan vegetable tempura is all about that shatter-crisp batter, and the secret is simpler than you think: ice-cold carbonated water, mixed gently. The batter hugs everything from shiitake caps to avocado wedges. Thirty minutes, start to finish, and you're...