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...
Roasted Eggplant & Quinoa Grain Salad
Roasted eggplant and quinoa salad is tabbouleh's heartier cousin — deeply browned cubes of eggplant folded with quinoa, bulgur, chickpeas, and heaps of fresh mint and cilantro. It's a salad that actually fills you up, and it holds all afternoon, which makes...
Savory Millet Fritters with Spinach & Feta
Savory millet fritters with feta, spinach, and golden raisins are the crisp-edged little cakes I fry on repeat — salty feta, soft spinach, and sweet bursts of raisin in every bite. The mixture comes together in minutes, and the frying goes fast if you don't crowd...
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...
Spicy Sweet Potato & Black Bean Enchiladas
Spicy sweet potato and black bean enchiladas are the kind of dinner where the oven does the work — cubed sweet potatoes and black beans rolled in tortillas under a smoky homemade ancho-chipotle sauce. The sauce alone justifies the recipe: toasty, a little hot, and far...
Hearty Orca Bean and Greens Soup
A cozy soup featuring the stunning orca bean — the heirlooms keep their dramatic black-and-white speckles through a long, gentle simmer in tomatoey vegetable broth with cabbage, chard, and plenty of garlic. It tastes like something that cooked all day, because bean...
Easy 30-Minute Chickpea Masala Recipe
Creamy and aromatic chickpea masala is the 30-minute dinner I make when the takeout menu starts calling — chickpeas simmered in a ginger-garlic tomato sauce with garam masala, finished with a swirl of Greek yogurt. It's gently spiced, deeply savory, and faster...
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...
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...
Easy Veggie Cannelloni with Ricotta & Zucchini
Ready for a cozy Italian night without the heaviness of a traditional lasagna? Meet your new favorite comfort food: Baked Veggie Cannelloni! This dish delivers all the rich, satisfying flavors you love, but in a lighter, more elegant package. Each pasta tube is...
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...
Hearty Leek & White Bean Pasta (30-Minute Meal!)
Forget everything you know about traditional pasta sauce! While an Italian nonna might raise an eyebrow, we're embracing a gloriously chunky, veggie-packed sauce that's a meal in itself. This recipe celebrates the sweet, delicate flavor of sautéed leeks and creamy...












