Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
New Year's black-eyed pea salad with kale is the luckiest thing I cook all year — tender simmered black-eyed peas tossed with lemony kale, sweet diced tomatoes, and a heap of fresh herbs. It's hearty enough to anchor a holiday table, and it just happens to...
Creamy and aromatic chickpea masala is the 30-minute dinner I make when the takeout menu starts calling — chickpeas simmered in a ginger-garlic tomato sauce with garam masala, finished with a swirl of Greek yogurt. It's gently spiced, deeply savory, and faster...
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 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...
This vegetarian shepherd's pie with cornbread topping is chili and cornbread night baked into one pan — a smoky pinto bean and tomato base under a tender, golden cornbread lid. It's on the table in about 35 minutes, which is exactly my speed for a weeknight...
Soy chorizo and pinto bean tacos are my fastest weeknight fix — the crumbled soy chorizo crisps in hot oil with garlic and tomatoes while the pinto beans turn creamy in the same pan. Twenty-five minutes later you're stuffing corn tortillas with avocado, queso...
Black bean chilaquiles bake is brunch-for-dinner at its most practical — tortilla chips simmered in smoky chipotle-black bean sauce under melted Cheddar or Monterey Jack, with a fresh arugula-and-tomato salad piled on top. Twenty-five minutes, one dish, zero...
Welcome to your new favorite way to enjoy summer's zucchini bounty! If you're looking for a meal that's both incredibly satisfying and secretly packed with veggies, you've found it. These Cheesy Chickpea Stuffed Zucchini Boats are a weeknight dinner dream come true....
Chickpea croquettes with fresh cucumber topping are a 35-minute dinner from pantry staples — golden pan-fried rounds of chickpea flour seasoned with cumin and chili powder, topped with a cool cucumber-tomato relish. The hot-cold contrast is the whole game. Looking for...
Hearty white bean and fennel gratin is slow Sunday food — dried cannellini simmered with aromatics, then baked with silky sautéed fennel, carrots, and a golden Parmesan crust. Rustic French-country comfort that makes the kitchen smell like a bistro. Looking for a...
Black bean tostadas with kiwi salsa are the unexpected dinner everyone asks about — warm seasoned black beans on crisp tostada shells under a sweet-tart salsa of kiwi, jalapeño, and lime, with a spoonful of Greek yogurt to cool it all down. Weeknight-fast, and the...
A perfect pot of dried beans is less a recipe than a technique worth owning — soaked beans simmered low and slow with onion, garlic, and bay until they're creamy inside and intact outside. Once you've tasted beans cooked from dry, the can starts to feel like...