Salads & Side Dishes
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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Crispy Roasted Acorn Squash
Breaded, twice-roasted, and infused with the flavors of rosemary and balsamic vinegar, these crispy chunks of acorn squash make a perfect side…
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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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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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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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Wheat Berry and Roasted Vegetable Salad with Kale
This hearty salad is replete with a range of flavors. The roasted vegetable medley includes sweet potatoes, beets, and shallots. Pepitas, golden…
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Green Apple Coleslaw
Move over, cabbage: Apples make for a deliciously crunchy coleslaw in this fresh take on the classic lunch side. Featuring red grapes…
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Rice Salad with Fennel, Orange, and Chickpeas
The mild anise-like flavor of fennel is well balanced by the citrus in this hearty salad. From Forks Over Knives – The…
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Spinach-Apricot Salad with Spiced Lentils
A creamy lentil mixture combines with mild spinach and tangy dried apricots in this salad flavored with allspice and cinnamon. When shopping…
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Single-Rise Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls
Mashed sweet potato adds sweetness, moisture, and a golden-orange hue to these whole grain dinner rolls. Just before baking the risen rolls,…
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Landlocked Ceviche
There’s no seafood in this dish, but we don’t think you will miss it—and the fish won’t be mad either. Instead we…
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Sautéed Veggies with Lemon Pepper
A little vegetable broth, lemon zest, and spice go a long way in amping up the flavor in this simple side dish….
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