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Vegan Tempeh Bourguignon – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Vegan Tempeh Bourguignon

Vegan tempeh bourguignon brings the French country classic to the plant-based table — tempeh cubes braised in red wine with shiitake mushrooms, carrots, tomato paste, and herbes de Provence. It's slow, winey, Sunday-supper food, and it reheats even better than it...

Truffled Wild Mushrooms Over Whipped White Beans – vegetarian recipe

Truffle Mushroom & Whipped Bean Bowls

Truffled wild mushrooms over whipped white beans is my idea of restaurant food at home — golden garlicky mushrooms heaped on cannellini beans whipped silky with broth, finished with a drizzle of truffle oil. Thirty minutes, and half of that is just standing back while...

Golden Three-Lentil Dal with Tomato Tarka – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Golden Three-Lentil Dal Recipe

Golden three-lentil dal with tomato tarka is my cold-weather standby — red lentils, yellow split peas, and mung beans simmered with ginger and turmeric until the pot turns sunshine-yellow, then crowned with a sizzling cumin and tomato tarka. It's humble food with...

Vegan Lentil & Olive Stuffed Cabbage Rolls – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Lentil Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Vegan)

Vegan lentil and olive stuffed cabbage rolls are Middle Eastern-style comfort food at its best — pliable savoy cabbage wrapped around lentils, sweet currants, and briny Kalamata olives, baked in a simple tomato sauce. They take about two hours, and most of that is...

Vegetarian Mexican Lasagna with Swiss Chard – vegetarian recipe

Swiss Chard Mexican Lasagna Recipe

Vegetarian Mexican lasagna with Swiss chard layers corn tortillas where the pasta sheets usually go — chard and onion simmered into tomato sauce with ricotta, mozzarella, and a dusting of Romano. It cuts like lasagna and tastes like an enchilada casserole that studied...