Side Dishes

Fennel Smashed Yukon Gold Potatoes – vegetarian recipe

Creamy Fennel Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Fennel smashed Yukon gold potatoes are mashed potatoes with a secret: a bulb of fennel cooked down and folded in, so every bite carries a faint anise sweetness under the rich potato. The method matters as much as the ingredients — dry the potatoes, skip the blender....

Rich and Savory Mushroom Gravy – vegetarian recipe

Rich & Savory Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy

Every special occasion meal deserves a truly spectacular gravy, and this is it! This rich, savory mushroom gravy is packed with umami flavor that will elevate any dish it touches. The secret? A splash of wine adds incredible depth—choose a dry red for a robust, hearty...

Gourmet Veggie English Muffin Pizzas – vegetarian recipe

Easy Veggie English Muffin Pizzas

Gourmet veggie English muffin pizzas take 21 minutes, most of that the oven melting yogurt cheese, zucchini, and red onion onto crisp split muffins. A rubbed garlic clove and a dusting of nutritional yeast make them taste deliberate rather than thrown together. My...

Vibrant Cuban Black Beans – vegetarian recipe

The Best Vegetarian Cuban Black Beans

Vibrant Cuban black beans get their depth from a slow sofrito of onion, green pepper, and garlic, then a finishing splash of balsamic vinegar that wakes everything up. Yes, dried beans take planning — the recipe builds in an overnight soak — but the pot itself is...

Vibrant Watercress Purée – vegetarian recipe

Vibrant & Peppery Watercress Purée Recipe

This vibrant watercress purée is the greenest thing to leave my kitchen — peppery watercress blitzed with potato and olive oil into something silky, vivid, and secretly simple. It turns plain plates into restaurant plates. Forget everything you think you know about a...

Roasted Exotic Mushrooms with Rosemary and Garlic – vegetarian recipe

Easy Rosemary Roasted Exotic Mushrooms

These roasted exotic mushrooms with rosemary and garlic make any dinner feel like an occasion — a tray of mixed varieties glistening with olive oil, shallots, and woody rosemary. Thirty minutes, and they dress up everything from weeknight pasta to a holiday...

Butternut Squash Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Portobello & – vegetarian recipe

Gourmet Butternut Squash Pizza Recipe

Butternut squash pizza with caramelized onions, portobello, and hazelnuts is autumn on a Friday night — sweet roasted squash, jammy onions, and a whole wheat crust with crunch from chopped hazelnuts. It's a project pizza, in the best way. Forget tomato sauce!...

Homemade Baked Blue Corn Tortilla Chips – vegetarian recipe

Spicy Baked Blue Corn Tortilla Chips

These homemade baked blue corn tortilla chips come out of the oven in 12 minutes with a smoky, spicy coating that puts any bagged chip to shame. A dusting of nutritional yeast and two kinds of paprika means big flavor with no fryer in sight. Say goodbye to greasy,...

15-Minute Moroccan Chickpea Spread – vegetarian recipe

Vibrant Moroccan Chickpea Spread (15-Minute Recipe!)

This 15-minute Moroccan chickpea spread is my no-cook dip with a spice drawer's worth of personality: chickpeas and carrot whirred with rehydrated sun-dried tomatoes, warm spices, and tahini. It tastes like it simmered for an hour; it didn't. Tired of the...

Brown Rice Squares with Coconut Cashew Dipping Sauce – vegetarian recipe

Brown Rice Squares with Coconut Cashew Sauce

Brown rice squares with coconut cashew dipping sauce are my favorite rice party trick: pressed medium-grain brown rice cut into tidy squares, served with a coconut-cashew sauce that's creamy, tangy, and a little hot. Twenty squares from one batch. Looking for a...