Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Perfect vegetarian risotto is less a recipe than a rhythm — warm stock added slowly to Arborio with patient, frequent stirring until the rice turns to silk. Forty-five minutes, one spoon, and a dinner that tastes like it came from a restaurant kitchen. Dreaming of a...
Double mushroom risotto earns its name honestly — dried porcini steep in the stock while fresh shiitake or portobello go into the pot, so the mushroom flavor hits you twice in different ways. It's a fifty-minute dish that tastes like you spent the whole afternoon...
This simple bell pepper fried rice is a two-person dinner built on two rules — cold, day-old rice and a ripping-hot pan — with sweet strips of bell pepper doing most of the flavor work. It's twenty-five minutes from nothing to dinner. Craving a delicious,...
Vibrant vegetarian fried rice is my cleaning-out-the-fridge dinner — cold rice, crisp vegetables, and golden tofu tossed in a hot pan with soy and sesame. Twenty minutes, one pan, and somehow everyone's bowl is empty before you sit down. Forget takeout! This...
Transport your taste buds to the sunny coast of Spain with a dish that's as beautiful as it is delicious! Forget the idea that paella is a complicated, all-day affair. This vibrant Vegetarian Tomato Paella is a one-pan wonder, ready to grace your table in just 30...
This stuck-pot rice with yogurt and spices (tahdig-style) coats basmati in a seasoned yogurt mixture before it hits the hot pot, so the bottom fries into a tangy, golden, curry-scented crust. A squeeze of lime over the top and dinner feels like an event. Get ready to...
This stuck-pot rice with potato crust (tahdig) is Persian cooking's best trick — basmati steamed over a buttered layer of thinly sliced potatoes until the bottom turns into a golden, crackling crust everyone at the table fights over. The fennel in the pot makes...
Perfect sushi rice for vegetarian rolls comes down to four pantry things — Japanese short-grain rice, rice vinegar, sugar, and salt — plus the mixing and fanning technique that gives the grains their glossy, seasoned finish. Master this and every roll, nigiri, and...
Easy homemade vegetarian nigiri turns sushi night into a no-fuss affair — seasoned sushi rice shaped into little ovals and draped with sliced vegetables, no raw fish and no rolling required. With the rice made ahead, assembly takes minutes. Think making beautiful...
Kayaku gohan (Japanese mixed rice) is a one-pot lesson in balance — shiitake, burdock, and carrot cook right in the rice pot with dashi, so every grain is seasoned from within. It's humble food with the quiet confidence of a dish that's been made for...
This Japanese rice with edamame and sea greens is a complete vegetarian bowl — rice cooked in kombu dashi with shiitake, edamame, and briny sea greens, finished with sesame. It also packs beautifully, which is exactly why it lives in my lunch rotation. Hello, food...
These vegetarian onigiri (Japanese rice balls) are the best kind of snack craft — warm short-grain rice pressed around salty fillings, wrapped with toasted nori, and ready in fifteen minutes. Once your hands are salted and the rice is warm, shaping them is oddly...