Makes 4 cups Ingredients 2 cups cauliflower florets (about 1/2 head small cauliflower) 1 cup water 1/2 cup carrots, cut into coins 1/4 cup raw cashews 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste 1/4 […]
Vegetable Purées for Plant-Forward Cooking
Plants are quadruple-threat ingredients, adding flavor, texture, color, and nutrients to any dish. They’re versatile, and we eat them raw or roasted, whole or bite-sized, simple or seasoned, and every possible way in between. In the plant-forward kitchen, vegetables are even more useful, because they can be used not just […]
Vegetable Stock
Makes 2 1/2 quarts stock
Vegetarian Skillet Chili NYT Melissa Clark
Ingredients lime red onion salt grapes oil 1 onion, chopped 1 t chile pepper 1 t dried oregano 2 (15 0z ) cans black beans 15 oz can diced tomatoes with juice salt Directions cilantro avocado sour cream Rice Directions are in my binder and NYT site
Velvety Roasted Eggplant
For some veggies, we use the phrase roasting as a general term for cooking a vegetable whole to get after the tender flesh, like peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant. For eggplant, we scoop the velvety cooked flesh from the skin of the eggplant. This can be done in the oven (actual […]
Walnut-Herb Sauce
Makes about 2 cups This flavorful but versatile sauce is perfect alongside grilled or roasted meats, poultry, fish and vegetables. Use it as a sandwich spread, as the base for a quick salad dressing, or even as a dip for raw vegetables. Watch this video to see how easy it […]
What I’m Cooking (and Freezing!): Roasted Salsa Verde
I live in a city, in a pretty small house with an especially small kitchen. When I fantasize about the next house I’ll live in, a big kitchen is key, of course, but the thing I romanticize the most (well, other than a pool) is the space for a big […]
What I’m Cooking: Green Bean and Potato Salad
The main course is sort of the easy part. We can all grill chicken or roast a pork loin, but with limited ingredients, it can be the sides that throw us off. You can only eat boxed macaroni and cheese so many times, even during a global pandemic. Veggie sides […]
What I’m Cooking: Seared Broccoli with Peanut Sauce
Peanut sauce is, to me, sort of what I think ketchup is to 3 year olds. I can eat it on anything, and often, whatever I’m eating it with is the vehicle for the sauce, rather than an equal partner. That’s why this week, when I had a few heads […]