Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
A perfect green salad is a skill, not a recipe — tender greens, a few crunchy contrast players, and one of three dressings worth making. This go-to guide covers the base, the mix-ins, and the assembly so salad stops being an afterthought. Your Go-To Guide for the...
This mango avocado salad is a taste of sunshine on a plate — ripe mango, buttery avocado, and tender red leaf lettuce under a raspberry vinaigrette. Fifteen minutes, no cooking, and it quietly steals the meal. A Taste of Sunshine: The Ultimate Mango Avocado Salad...
Indonesian salad with spicy peanut dressing is the 15-minute lunch I crave all summer — cool cucumbers, cabbage, sprouts, and radishes under a velvety, ginger-laced peanut sauce. Nothing touches heat, so everything stays crisp to the last bite. If you're craving a...
This stunning layered vegetable pâté with herb mayonnaise is the vegetarian centerpiece I bring out when the table needs a little drama. Carrot and leek layers bake separately, then stack into sliceable, terrine-style portions — most of the time is hands-off. Looking...
Classic all-purpose vinaigrette deserves a permanent spot in your fridge door: red wine vinegar, Dijon, garlic, and good olive oil, whisked together in five minutes. Once you stop buying bottled dressing, every salad you make gets better. Say goodbye to bland,...
Avocado and bathed bread in garlic vinaigrette is exactly what it sounds like — crisp toasted bread taking a quick dip in garlicky dressing, topped with slices of buttery ripe avocado. Fifteen minutes, a handful of ingredients, and it disappears like a restaurant...
Tender asparagus with vinaigrette is a foolproof 15-minute side that makes spring asparagus taste like it came from a French bistro. A garlicky Dijon vinaigrette and a scattering of minced hard-boiled yolk do all the work. Are you tired of wrestling with tough,...
Greek-inspired stuffed mushrooms are the ultimate crowd-pleasing appetizer: cremini caps piled with a walnut, feta, and dill filling and baked until bubbling. They go from cutting board to table in about 35 minutes and never survive the party. The Ultimate...
This ridiculously creamy homemade hummus beats anything from the supermarket, and its secret is embarrassingly simple: ice-cold water whipped in at the end. About 10 minutes in a food processor and you have a bowl as smooth as your favorite restaurant's. Let's be...
Pesto crostini, nothing more than toasted French bread with a generous swipe of pesto, is the fastest appetizer I know — about 9 minutes from loaf to platter. With only two components, quality does all the work: a good baguette and a pesto you would happily eat with a...
This spicy curried eggplant dip, made baingan bharta style, gets its soul from one step: charring the eggplant until the skin blisters and the flesh turns smoky. The rest is a quick masala of butter, cumin, turmeric, and tomato, finished with a spoonful of yogurt. If...
The ultimate creamy guacamole, in my house, owes its silky texture to one humble addition: a spoonful of sour cream. Ten minutes of mashing and folding, and you have a guacamole that stays green longer than the classic version — not that it ever lasts that long....