Vegetarian Recipes
Jackfruit Ropa Vieja
Since making these jackfruit tinga tostadas, green jackfruit has become a pantry staple. (Although I do severely limit the canned food items I buy to reduce my family’s exposure to BPA and its equally-bad replacement BPS, I make exceptions for green jackfruit and for coconut milk because they are very hard to find otherwise.) If…
Read MoreChipotle Hummus
Like everyone else who came up in the 90s, I have a soft spot in my heart for hummus. Vivid memories of party snack tables spotlighting pita chips and hummus — so exotic! — and beach days with Triscuits dipped in hummus and then blown with sand so that with every bite you could feel…
Read MoreSummer Squash Fritters
Y’all ought to know by now I’m a fritter fanatic. They’re one of the best ways to eat vegetables and that’s the lord’s truth. Corn fritters, feta zucchini fritters (which I evidently used to call zucchini pancakes but forgot?) and now these dang ol’ summer squash fritters. Our neighbors gave us a few extra yellow summer…
Read MoreSoba Noodle Bowl with Pickled Shiitake Mushrooms
I got kind of fancy today! Really I just put some stuff in a bowl but I thought about it while I did it, instead of throwing it all in willy-nilly as usual. It’s called “being mindful”, you guys, and everyone is talking about it. Soba noodles are the best kind of noodles to use…
Read MoreRoasted Fennel and Peppers
Here’s a recipe my husband would really hate! But I love it and I just ate an entire pan of it for lunch by myself with my bare hands like a vegetarian werewolf. Roasted fennel and peppers, to me, brings out the best of both vegetables. Assuming you like both vegetables to begin with. My husband…
Read MoreCreamy Turnip Soup
There are not many foods more boring-sounding than turnip soup, I know. Even if you try and add a sensual adjective like creamy turnip soup, turnip soup just recalls bygone days of Charles Dickens and hungry orphans with holes in their shoes. Turnips are humble. They’re cheap. They’re big and round and unassuming. But they’re…
Read MoreBaba Ganoush
Chris and I are doing a Whole30 this month. Really, Chris is doing it and I am helping but I also have two trips planned in May and I’m making no promises that I’ll stay Whole30 while I’m away from home. If you’re unfamiliar, Whole30 is like the paleo diet, but possibly even more strict,…
Read MoreVegetarian Sopes
Sweet jebus, this is the best vegetarian recipe I’ve ever come up with in my entire life, I think. Sopes are kind of a thick corn tortilla “boat” filled with all kinds of stuff, but usually there’s some refried beans involved. I used guacamole for these vegetarian sopes but feel free to swap that for…
Read MoreVegetable Lo Mein
S’not vegan, or even truly vegetarian, but this vegetable lo mein recipe is a delicious way to eat vegetables and pasta together (that isn’t pasta primavera). The key flavors here are sesame oil and oyster sauce, which is sometimes made from real oysters and sometimes not. The real-deal oyster sauce tastes rich and meaty with…
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