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...

Wholesome Fruit & Nut Energy Bars – vegetarian recipe

Wholesome Fruit & Nut Energy Bars (Easy & Customizable!)

Wholesome fruit and nut energy bars are my bake-once, snack-all-week move: oat flour and oat bran bound around mixed nuts and dried cranberries in soft, chewy bars. The recipe makes sixteen, and they vanish faster than anything from a box. The Perfect On-the-Go...

Savory Red Pepper Cheesecake with Peach-Apricot Compote – vegetarian recipe

Savory Tofu Cheesecake with Spicy Peach Compote

Savory red pepper cheesecake with peach-apricot compote is my bring-to-the-party flex: a sliceable cheesecake built on yogurt cheese and silken tofu with roasted peppers running through it, served with warm fruit compote. Sweet-savory, unexpected, and it feeds twelve....

Artichoke and Roasted Red Pepper Dip – vegetarian recipe

Vibrant Artichoke & Roasted Red Pepper Dip

Artichoke and roasted red pepper dip is my no-cook party opener: canned artichoke hearts and roasted red peppers pulsed with garlic, capers, lemon, and fresh herbs. Ten minutes in the food processor and it looks like you tried much harder. Some recipes are just pure...

Baked Stuffed Mini Pepper Poppers – vegetarian recipe

Healthy Baked Stuffed Mini Peppers

Baked stuffed mini pepper poppers are my party appetizer instead of the fried ones: sweet mini peppers filled with a smoky chipotle-yogurt cheese mixture and baked. They come out of the oven glossy, gently spicy, and gone within the hour. Craving that classic, creamy,...

Avocado and Tomato Bruschetta – vegetarian recipe

Creamy Avocado & Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

Avocado and tomato bruschetta is my honest appetizer: toasted baguette rubbed with garlic, piled with lemon-dressed tomatoes and avocado, basil cut over the top. Twenty-five minutes, most of it toasting bread, and it's the first plate gone. The Ultimate...

Simple Zaatar Flatbread – vegetarian recipe

Easy Homemade Za’atar Flatbread

Simple za'atar flatbread is my fast bread fix: store-bought whole wheat dough stretched thin, brushed with olive oil, and blanketed in za'atar and sesame seeds. It bakes up crackly-edged and smells like a bakery first thing in the morning. The first time I...

The Ultimate Smoky Eggplant & Chickpea Dip – vegetarian recipe

Smoky Eggplant & Chickpea Dip (Healthy Baba Ghanoush)

This smoky eggplant and chickpea dip is my oven-on, people-coming-over staple: a whole roasted eggplant whipped with chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and cumin until smooth and just fiery. It's hummus's moodier cousin. The Ultimate Smoky Eggplant & Chickpea Dip...

Hearty Honey & Nut Granola Bars – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Honey Nut Granola Bars

Hearty honey and nut granola bars are the ones my family grabs instead of store-bought: oats and almonds glued together with honey, nut butter, and egg whites, baked low and slow until they chew instead of crumble. One pan, twelve bars. Say goodbye to store-bought...

Vibrant Five-Bean Salad – vegetarian recipe

Vibrant Five-Bean Salad (The Perfect Potluck Dip!)

Vibrant five-bean salad is the potluck bowl I've carried to every cookout: five kinds of beans, sweet corn, and crunchy vegetables in a zesty vinaigrette, marinated until everything knows each other. It serves twenty-four and costs almost nothing. Looking for the...