Category Archives: Vegetarian
1 Pot of Quinoa, 5 Dinners on Food52
This week I’m over at Food52 with ideas about how to turn one pot of quinoa into five whole dinners. It’sView full post »
Vegetarian Main Dish for Thanksgiving: Chanterelle and Gruyere Bread Pudding
A savory, indulgent, and festive vegetarian main dish that’s perfect for the holidays.View full post »
Spinach, Fava Bean and Quinoa Cakes
This is one of those happy stories about necessity, motherhood, and invention. Don’t you love those stories? LastView full post »
Holy Split! (+ A Brand New Look for Umami Girl, and Last Week’s Contest Winners)
Well, hello there. Welcome to Umami Girl’s new digs! I’ve been hard at work giving this space a renovationView full post »
From the Archives: Brown Rice and French Lentil Salad
From the archives for the quickly dwindling World Vegan Month, a brown rice and French lentil salad and a little TMIView full post »
From the Archives: 5 Principles of Homemade Vegetable Stock
From the archives for World Vegan Month, key tips for making good vegetable stock at home. (Hint: don’t forget theView full post »
The Best Vegetarian Gravy
I am a gravy drinker. WOW, that feels good to get off my chest. On my hips, maybe — but off my chest. I shouldView full post »
From the Archives: Go Stuff a Squash, Why Don’t You?
From the archives for both Thanksgiving and World Vegan Month (take that, uni-tasking!), hop on over to Serious Eats forView full post »
Spiced Tomato Soup with Red Lentils
In all the time I’ve been sharing little pieces of my world with you, I don’t think I’ve everView full post »
Having been to Paris
I’d love to pretend that I once had a meaningful relationship with Paris. Hemingway had one. Woody Allen had one.View full post »
From the Archives: Alotta Falafel
From the archives for World Vegan Month: Let’s face it. Without falafel, the world would suck. Get the recipe hereView full post »
From the Archives: Farro with Broccoli
From the archives, farro with broccoli and shiitakes makes an outstanding vegetarian main dish on Thanksgiving. JustView full post »
Black Bean Tacos
There are two types of people in this world: those who lead with their best material, and those who save the best forView full post »
A Typical Family Dinner
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about what I feed my family for dinner on a mostly plants diet. So I took aView full post »
From the Archives: Layla’s Lentil Soup
From the archives, it’s another of Umami Girl’s most-popular posts that just happens to be vegan. My friendView full post »
Pickled Red Onions
There’s alchemy in the combination of onions and vinegar. These bright, gently perfumed pickled onions lendView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Seriously Delicious ‘Green’ Smoothies
In the crisper this week, two recipes for “green” smoothies made with fresh whole fruits and plenty of leafyView full post »
That’s Bloody Brilliant: Borough Market
Umami Girl takes a touristy, expensive, and yet quite wonderful trip to London’s Borough Market.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Dumpling Squash, Spinach, and Quinoa with Cilantro-Lime Dressing
In the crisper this week, a homey mid-autumn meal that doesn’t like to be pinned down. Call it a salad or aView full post »
Ottolenghi. Need I say more?
A short and glowing review of both Yotam Ottolenghi’s new vegetarian cookbook Plenty and his flagship LondonView full post »
I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid.
The bacon here in the U.K. makes me want to cry a little bit. Not a full-on heaving type of cry, but definitely at leastView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Zucchini and Pesto Pizza
This week in the crisper, a pizza that was clearly devised in the mind of a Jersey girl but (and now I can vouch forView full post »
Why we went
This healthful salad makes terrific picnic fare and an easy mid-summer lunch or dinner. Keeps, tightly sealed, in theView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Garlic Scape and Lemon Thyme Tart
My undying love for garlic scape pesto means that I rarely consider eating garlic scapes any other way. But I think IView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Ratatouille in Buckwheat Crepes
In the crisper this week, a healthy and delicious vegetarian brunch dish that won’t send your guests careeningView full post »
Alotta Falafel
I used to think of falafel as one of those salacious street foods that you don’t bring home to your family. ButView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Go Stuff a Squash, Why Don’t You
In the crisper this Thanksgiving week, let me begin by saying this: If you’re a squash, you’d better startView full post »
Vegetarian on Thanksgiving? Now hear this.
Some days I get a little jealous of vegetarians, with their conscientious objector status and their shining cholesterolView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Chiles ‘Resemblos’
Where chiles rellenos are concerned, nothing beats the real thing. But if you’d rather spend a lovely springView full post »
Roasted Acorn Squash with Farro Stuffing and the Zuni Café Cookbook Winner
Easy, healthy recipe for roasted acorn squash filled with a sweet and savory farro stuffing.View full post »




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