Side Dishes

Cold Veggie Pizza – vegetarian recipe

Easy Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza Appetizer

Cold Veggie Pizza is the potluck classic that never retires — a baked crescent crust spread with a dill-cream cheese and mayo layer, then piled with crunchy raw vegetables and crumbled feta. It chills until you're ready. Make it in the morning, win the party by...

Savory Polenta Bake with Corn and Veggies – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Veggie Polenta Bake with Corn & Peppers

Savory Polenta Bake with Corn and Veggies turns a tube of refrigerated polenta into a big, spoonable casserole with corn and peppers baked right through. A spoonful of mustard and a pinch of sugar keep it balanced. It serves twelve, which makes it my holiday-sides...

Grilled Portobello Steaks with Red Wine Cream Sauce – vegetarian recipe

Grilled Portobello Steaks with Red Wine Cream Sauce

Grilled Portobello Steaks with Red Wine Cream Sauce turn the grill into a steakhouse — big caps soaked in garlicky red wine, seared hot, and sauced with cream. Served over egg noodles, this is the vegetarian dinner I make when I want an occasion. Who says a steak...

Grilled Tofu with Corn and Pinto Bean Salsa – vegetarian recipe

Spicy Grilled Tofu with Corn & Bean Salsa

Grilled tofu with corn and pinto bean salsa is the kind of simple that works — lime-and-cumin tofu off the grill, spooned over with a no-cook salsa of corn, pinto beans, and jarred roasted red peppers. Ready to transform tofu from bland to brilliant? This recipe is...

Grilled Veggie Fajitas with Easy Guacamole – vegetarian recipe

Easy Grilled Veggie Fajitas

Grilled veggie fajitas with easy guacamole are weeknight fajita night with zero compromise — peppers and onions blistered on the grill, mushrooms and zucchini browned, and Jack cheese melting into warm flour tortillas. Forget boring salads! When the sun is shining and...

Grilled Mango and Black Bean Wraps – vegetarian recipe

Spicy Grilled Mango & Black Bean Wraps

Grilled mango and black bean wraps are tropical-spicy handheld dinner — jerk-seasoned mango chars on the grill, then rolls up with black beans, corn, avocado, and a smoky chipotle kick in a warm tortilla. Ready to take your grilling game beyond the usual veggie...

Spinach and Feta Panini – vegetarian recipe

Quick & Easy Spinach Feta Panini

This spinach and feta panini is my ten-minute fake-out of a Mediterranean café lunch — salty feta, fresh spinach, tomato, and shredded basil pressed between whole wheat bread until everything is hot and the crust shatters. Three minutes of cooking. It is barely a...

Grilled Portobello Mushroom Sandwiches – vegetarian recipe

Ultimate Grilled Portobello Mushroom Sandwiches

These grilled portobello mushroom sandwiches are steakhouse energy without the steak — portobello caps steeped in a garlicky red wine vinegar and olive oil marinade, seared until juicy, topped with melted mozzarella, tomatoes, and greens on a crusty roll. About half...

Roasted Tofu and Veggie Pita Pockets – vegetarian recipe

Easy Roasted Tofu & Veggie Pita Pockets

Tired of the same old sad desk lunch? Say hello to your new midday hero: Roasted Tofu and Veggie Pita Pockets! We're talking perfectly roasted, savory tofu and a rainbow of tender-crisp veggies, all tucked into a warm whole wheat pita and drizzled with a zesty...

Creamy White Bean and Goat Cheese Wraps – vegetarian recipe

20-Min Goat Cheese & White Bean Wraps

These creamy white bean and goat cheese wraps are the twenty-minute lunch that saved my busiest weeks — cannellini beans mashed with soft goat cheese and fresh herbs, rolled with baby spinach and roasted red peppers in a warm tortilla. Barely any cooking, six wraps,...

BBQ Tempeh Wraps with Apple Coleslaw – vegetarian recipe

BBQ Tempeh Wraps with Crunchy Apple Slaw

These BBQ tempeh wraps with apple coleslaw are my plant-forward nod to a barbecue plate — tempeh slices glazed in sticky sauce, piled with a crunchy apple and cabbage slaw that plays sweet against tangy. The active work is about twenty-five minutes; the rest of the...

Spicy Edamame Wraps – vegetarian recipe

Spicy Edamame Wraps with Smoky Soy Bacon

These spicy edamame wraps are proof that a thirty-minute lunch can have real personality — a jalapeño-cilantro edamame spread, strips of crisped vegetarian soy bacon, and a heap of greens and tomatoes rolled in a tortilla. The spread blends up like hummus's...