Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Baked sweet plantains with cinnamon and nutmeg caramelize in the oven in 14 minutes, and the small pinch of cumin in the seasoning is the detail people can't place but always notice. Choose the blackest plantains at the store — that's not spoilage,...
The best healthy peanut butter banana cupcakes are built on three very ripe bananas and a whole-grain flour blend, then capped with peanut butter yogurt frosting. They bake up moist enough to eat plain, which is the true test of a healthy cupcake. Fifty minutes, one...
Chocolate orange avocado mousse with fresh strawberries is the 15-minute dessert I make when I want something silky without turning on the oven. Ripe avocado, cocoa powder, and orange zest blend into something that tastes entirely of chocolate and citrus. The...
Wholesome skillet cornbread with a crispy crust earns that crust honestly: the batter hits a cast-iron pan that's been preheating in the oven, and the sizzle you hear is the whole point. Inside, it's tender from milk and yogurt with just enough Sucanat...
Healthy no-cheese raspberry cheesecake is the dessert I serve skeptics first: silken tofu and yogurt cheese make a filling so creamy nobody asks what's missing. The graham crust uses coconut oil and brown-rice syrup, and the long chill after baking does the rest....
Gourmet veggie English muffin pizzas take 21 minutes, most of that the oven melting yogurt cheese, zucchini, and red onion onto crisp split muffins. A rubbed garlic clove and a dusting of nutritional yeast make them taste deliberate rather than thrown together. My...
Thai basil egg stir-fry is my 25-minute answer to takeout cravings — savory-sweet textured soy protein, soft eggs, and tomatoes folded through basil. The sauce is three ingredients stirred together before the pan gets hot, because once it does, everything moves fast....
Vegan sun-dried tomato and artichoke penne makes its creamiest sauce from silken tofu and soaked cashews — no overnight soaking, just hot water while the pasta cooks. Sun-dried tomatoes and marjoram carry the flavor, artichoke hearts make it feel like a treat....
Lemon herb orzo salad with edamame, cherry tomatoes, and toasted walnuts is the cookout dish people ask me to bring again. Fresh basil and dill do the heavy lifting, lemon zest does the rest, and it's just as good on day two — the recipe is right to call it a...
Mediterranean Breeze quinoa bowl with lemon-garlic tahini sauce is the 20-minute dinner that never tastes like a shortcut. Turmeric, cumin, and oregano turn the quinoa golden while you whisk the dressing, and the tahini loosened with broth turns silky enough to make...
A Mediterranean panini takes 16 minutes end to end: rustic whole grain bread, sun-dried tomato olive tapenade, fresh mozzarella, tomato, and spinach, pressed until the cheese gives in. This is my definition of a fancy lunch that isn't fancy to make. The press...
Crispy kimchi pajeon — Korean savory pancakes — come out of a 30-minute recipe with lacy, shattering edges and a soy-vinegar dipping sauce spiked with gochugaru. The two-flour batter is the quiet hero: whole wheat for body, brown rice flour for crunch. Rainy-day food,...