Salads & Side Dishes
Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Just thinking about mashed potatoes makes me swoon—they’re so fluffy and belly-pleasing. But all the butter, milk, and cream that are typically…
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Ponzu Noodle Salad
Ponzu is a soy and citrus sauce popular in Japanese cooking. Use it to dress up simple vegetable and rice dishes, or…
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Szechwan Coleslaw
This meal-worthy Asian-style coleslaw recipe comes together in 30 minutes (or less) and is bursting with flavor. Uncooked millet gives this tri-cabbage…
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Chinese Cabbage Salad
Fresh orange juice and ginger brighten the Asian flavors of the dressing in this Chinese Cabbage Salad. When selecting mandarin oranges at…
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Polenta with Pears and Cranberries
This polenta recipe is one of my favorites! For this recipe use the ripest pears you can find on the market—Bosc, Asian,…
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Jerk-Seasoned Veggies with Yuca
This spicy side dish is a nice introduction to yuca, a staple food in Latin America and the Caribbean. If you have…
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Roasted Buckwheat Salad
Roasted buckwheat, also called kasha, has an earthy, woody flavor that I find very interesting. It makes a nice variation to my…
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Blueberry Spinach Salad Bowl with Orange Vinaigrette
Spice-enhanced oven-roasted sweet potatoes and a brightly flavored dressing make these colorful bowls extra special.
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Fava Bean Salad
Also known as broad beans, fava beans are native to North Africa and parts of Asia. If you cook the dried bean,…
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My Mama’s Potato Salad Recipe
When I was a kid, I would only eat my mom and grandmother’s potato salad – I refused to eat potato salad…
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Mediterranean Farro Salad
This satisfying Mediterranean salad gets extra bulk from farro, an heirloom wheat that was a staple ingredient in Ancient Rome. Farro has…
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Radicchio Salad with Cranberry Orange Dressing
This simple salad of seasonal autumn fruits is easy to make and yet has an interesting sweet and sour flavor. You can…
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