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Hearty Vegetarian Pea Soup with Fluffy Doughboys
Vegetarian pea soup with doughboys is a taste of Newfoundland in a bowl. Yellow split peas simmer with potato, carrot, celery, and bay until thick and cozy, then fluffy doughboy dumplings steam right on top of the soup. It is a hundred-minute project that feeds you...
Easy Spring Asparagus Frittata Recipe
Asparagus and Parmesan frittata is the thirty-minute dinner I rely on all spring. Sweet sautéed onion and garlic, tender asparagus, and eggs loaded with grated Parmesan, cooked gently until just set. It is equally welcome at brunch with a salad or at nine o'clock...
Easy No-Cook Mauritian Tomato Rougaille
Mauritian rougaille is a bright no-cook tomato relish that Mauritians serve with almost everything. Diced tomatoes, sweet onion, green bell pepper, garlic, and ginger come together raw with cilantro and a flick of cayenne — twenty-five minutes, most of it resting...
Cozy Himalayan Barley & Mushroom Soup
Hearty mushroom barley soup is a bowl of mountain comfort — the kind of thing you want after a cold day. Pearl barley simmers in broth with mixed mushrooms, butter, and a dash of soy sauce until everything is plump and savory. Eighty minutes, mostly hands-off, for a...
Easy West African Peanut Stew (Maafe)
West African peanut stew — maafe — is the creamy thirty-minute stew I make when the pantry looks empty. Peanut butter, tomato paste, and ripe tomato simmer into a silky orange broth with spinach and a cayenne edge, finished with chopped peanuts. It tastes slow-cooked,...
Hearty Russian Cabbage Pie (Vegetarian Kulebyaka)
Vegetarian cabbage pie, better known as kulebyaka, is Russian comfort baking at its coziest. Butter-braised cabbage and mushrooms with onion and a trio of dried herbs tucked inside ready-made pie crusts, enriched with cream cheese. Just over an hour from the fridge to...
Easy Baked Chiles Rellenos Casserole
Baked vegetarian chiles rellenos give you all the cheesy, blistered-pepper joy of the classic without a trip to the fryer. Poblanos stuffed with grated Monterey Jack, napped in an eggy, cumin-scented batter and baked until puffed and set. Fifty minutes, five servings,...
Easy Soy-Ginger Marinated Tofu Recipe
Soy-ginger marinated tofu is the game-changing recipe that finally made me look forward to tofu. A punchy marinade of soy sauce, fresh ginger, scallions, sesame oil, and vinegar soaks into firm tofu, with an optional cornstarch-and-oil finish for crispy edges....
Watercress & Cream Cheese Sourdough Toasts
Watercress and cream cheese toasts are the peppery little open-faced bites I crave when I am tired of everything else. Full-fat cream cheese on sourdough baguette, piled with watercress and halved cherry tomatoes, then flaky salt and pepper over the top — ready in...
Elegant Pimiento Egg & Mushroom Sourdough Bites
Pimiento, egg, and mushroom sourdough bites are my favorite almost-all-make-ahead party bite. Creamy chopped egg topped with jarred pimiento and a small marinated mushroom on toasted buttered sourdough, seasoned with nothing more than flaky salt and cracked pepper....
Spicy Green Chili Cheese Toasts on Sourdough
Green chili cheese toasts are the ultimate savory snack: broiled Monterey Jack and mild green chilis on a slender sourdough baguette, ready in about fifteen minutes. The cheese bubbles at the edges while the bread stays crisp underneath, and a scatter of cilantro or...
Smoked Cheese & Pickle Pumpernickel Bites
Smoked cheese and pickle pumpernickel bites are the fifteen-minute idea you will serve at every party from now on. Pressed pumpernickel, a whisper of butter, thin smoked Gouda or Provolone, and a slice of dill pickle — smoky, creamy, tangy, done. Sixteen bites and not...