Spring vegetable couscous with fava beans and artichokes is a celebration bowl with a broth worth slurping. Chickpeas simmer from scratch with spring onions, carrots, artichokes, and a bouquet garni, then shelled favas and preserved lemon brighten everything. Plan a...
Hearty Vegan Harissa Chickpea Couscous Stew
Hearty North African couscous with chickpea and vegetable stew is winter dinner in its best mood. Toasted coriander, caraway, and cumin deepen a tomatoey stew of chickpeas and your choice of vegetables, and it all ladles over fluffy couscous. Ninety minutes of...
Spicy Broccoli Raab Pizza with Pine Nuts
White pizza with broccoli raab, mozzarella, and pine nuts is a thirty-five-minute upgrade on pizza night. There's no red sauce — garlic, red pepper flakes, thyme, and rosemary infuse the olive oil base, blanched raab and mozzarella go on top, and toasted pine...
Easy Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe
Easy whole wheat pizza dough is my standing Friday order. Active dry yeast blooms in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar, olive oil enriches the dough, and a whole wheat–all-purpose blend keeps it chewy rather than heavy. The recipe makes two doughs, and the flour...
Za’atar Greens & Chickpea Galette Filling
Hearty greens and chickpea galette filling is the savory middle I make all winter long. Sweet onions, garlicky kale or collards, and za'atar-spiced chickpeas cook down in twenty minutes, with crumbled feta folded through. Six servings, and it keeps beautifully....
The Best Whole Wheat Pie Crust Recipe
Nutty and flaky whole wheat pâte brisée is the all-butter crust I reach for when the pie should taste like something too. A 50-50 blend of whole wheat and all-purpose flour keeps it tender but distinctly nutty, and the method is friendlier than classic brisée. It...
Vibrant Summer Squash & Black Bean Tacos (Vegan)
These ultimate summer squash tacos earn their sunshine-in-a-tortilla nickname. A quick roasted tomato and serrano sauce folds around golden squash, optional squash blossoms, and black beans, finished with cilantro. Eight tacos in about forty minutes. Sunshine in a...
Vibrant Fava Bean & Corn Tacos (Vegan)
Fresh corn and fava bean tacos are late spring folded into a tortilla. Corn cut straight off the cob and double-podded favas cook quickly with onion and cilantro, then pile into warm tortillas with Fresh Tomatillo Salsa. Thirty-seven minutes makes eight tacos. I know...
Hearty Spiced Lentil and Spinach Stew
Spiced lentil and spinach stew is one-pot comfort with a Middle Eastern accent. Brown or green lentils simmer in broth with toasted ground coriander and cumin, then a heap of spinach wilts in at the end and Aleppo pepper warms the whole pot. Sixty-five minutes, four...
Sweet & Sour Iranian Pomegranate Baked Beans (Vegan)
Iranian baked beans with pomegranate molasses and walnuts are the sweet-tart cousin of every baked bean you grew up with. Soaked beans bake low and slow with sweet red onions, tomatoes, garlic, and bay, then get their tang from pomegranate molasses and their crunch...
Crispy Fried Polenta Balls with Melty Cheese
Crispy fried polenta balls with gooey cheese centers are the party trick I pull out every winter. Cornmeal cooks into firm polenta with Parmesan, gets shaped around a pocket of Fontina or Muenster, then rides through flour, beaten egg, and breadcrumbs into the fryer....
Greek-Inspired Baked Beans with Peppers and Mint
Greek sweet and sour baked beans, or gigantes plaki, are giant white beans baked in a tomato sauce balanced between honey and vinegar. Onion and red pepper sweeten the base, paprika warms it, and fresh mint finishes each bowl. About 95 minutes, most of it the...
