Warm Millet and Brussels Sprout Salad – vegetarian recipe

Warm Millet & Brussels Sprout Salad

Warm millet and Brussels sprout salad is the side dish that upstages everything else — shredded sprouts caramelized in a hot pan, tossed with fluffy millet, toasted walnuts, and dried cranberries in a maple-balsamic gloss. It eats like a grain salad and tastes like...

Pesto Amaranth & Eggplant Stacks – vegetarian recipe

Pesto Amaranth & Eggplant Stacks

Pesto amaranth and eggplant stacks are my summer showstopper — roasted plum tomatoes and golden eggplant layered with creamy-cooked amaranth, fresh mozzarella, and basil pesto. They look architectural on the plate yet come from a short, honest ingredient list and one...

Smoky Lentil & Leek Soup – vegetarian recipe

30-Minute Smoky Lentil & Leek Soup

Smoky lentil and leek soup gets its smoke from an unexpected place — smoked almonds, chopped and simmered right into a 30-minute pot of brown lentils, leeks, and cumin-toasted carrots. A cool dollop of Greek yogurt on top balances every spoonful. When the craving for...

Truffled Wild Mushrooms Over Whipped White Beans – vegetarian recipe

Truffle Mushroom & Whipped Bean Bowls

Truffled wild mushrooms over whipped white beans is my idea of restaurant food at home — golden garlicky mushrooms heaped on cannellini beans whipped silky with broth, finished with a drizzle of truffle oil. Thirty minutes, and half of that is just standing back while...

Golden Three-Lentil Dal with Tomato Tarka – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Golden Three-Lentil Dal Recipe

Golden three-lentil dal with tomato tarka is my cold-weather standby — red lentils, yellow split peas, and mung beans simmered with ginger and turmeric until the pot turns sunshine-yellow, then crowned with a sizzling cumin and tomato tarka. It's humble food with...

Vegan Lentil & Olive Stuffed Cabbage Rolls – vegetarian recipe

Hearty Lentil Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Vegan)

Vegan lentil and olive stuffed cabbage rolls are Middle Eastern-style comfort food at its best — pliable savoy cabbage wrapped around lentils, sweet currants, and briny Kalamata olives, baked in a simple tomato sauce. They take about two hours, and most of that is...