Category Archives: Side Dishes and Light Meals
Easy Green Quinoa Salad
This green quinoa salad came about when my seven year old’s yoga class had an end-of-year party, and they wereView full post »
Nori Rolls
These nori rolls combine some of the best characteristics of (1) sushi, (2) summer rolls, (3) burritos, and (4) MacGyverView full post »
Deconstructed Hummus Chickpea Salad
So. I asked my father-in-law to buy all the ingredients for this salad, and then I left the country without making it.View full post »
Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas, Two Ways
Have you ever wondered why chickpeas look so much like tiny butts? Whaaat? I know I sure haven’t. If I hadView full post »
Ye Olde Kale Chips
Of all my self-destructive tendencies — and believe me, there are some strong contenders — the crowningView full post »
From the Archives: Salt and Vinegar Broiled Fingerling Potatoes
Today’s World Vegan Month post is from the archives. It’s one of my all-time most popular posts — andView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: The Dinner Salad
When you want to make a big, gorgeous salad into dinner, what do you put on it?View full post »
That’s Bloody Brilliant: Samphire
A friend from the States asked the other day what my favorite thing about London has been so far. It felt like a rookieView 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 »
To England, where my heart lies.
Before I had memories, I had nostalgia. I pined for other people’s memories. By 1990 I was 14, with no notableView full post »
WTF, BLT?
Get the recipe for a BLT with avocado from Susan Russo’s charming new cookbook The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Collard Greens Mineira
This week in the crisper, if you’re used to braising collard greens to death (not that there’s anythingView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Andrew Carmellini’s Cauliflower
This week in the crisper, cauliflower and pears with brown butter and hazelnuts from the lovely Urban Italian by NYCView full post »
To blow off steam (idiom)
Popovers are crisp and buttery on the outside and positively ethereal on the inside. They’re easy to make, too.View full post »
Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup
It’s the 2010 Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup (has it been a whole year already?!), and a vegetarian adaptation of TheView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Gobble-Worthy Cruciferous Side Dishes
This week in the crisper, a glimmering round-up of festive broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard, and turnip recipesView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Buffalo Roasted Cauliflower
In the crisper this week, confessions of a beautiful, brainy young head of cauliflower on the up and up. Psst: she likesView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: A Savory Take on Grapes
This week in the crisper, grapes are great in fruit salads, on cheese plates, and simply eaten out of hand. But theyView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: How Not to Cook
Too hot to cook? This week (okay, last week) in the crisper, suggestions on how to eat well without touching the stove.View full post »
Harpooned
When harpoon-caught swordfish appears at the market, Umami Girl gets back in the swordfish game after a seven-yearView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: What’s a Cucuzza?
What’s a cucuzza? I thought I was a competent Italian-American, but then I saw my first cucuzza at the not-so-View full post »
City Limits: Summer Bailout—The Salad
In the second chapter of Lily Acunzo’s new column City Limits, the mercury rises, a Food Coop board member goesView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: How to Use Up Your Misfit Vegetables
Easy, flexible recipe (more like a formula, really) for a healthy, delicious grain salad that uses up all your leftoverView full post »
In Defense of Food
A simple, real-food recipe for skillet greens with bacon and feta cheese, plus the winner of In Defense of Food and aView full post »
Little-girl salad, all grown up.
A re-introduction to sustainable food resources and a recipe for Niçoise salad.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Grilled Spring Onions
Quick recipe for grilled spring onions.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Dandelion, Strawberry and Balsamic Onion Salad
Recipe for a beautiful springtime salad of dandelion greens, strawberries and balsamic-caramelized onions.View full post »
I probably shouldn’t tell you this.
Easy, healthy recipe for lentil and brown rice salad.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Kid Crack Asparagus
Easy recipe for marinated, grilled asparagus with buttery toasted breadcrumbs.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Jar of Caesar
Recipe for homemade Caesar dressing you can shake up in a jar and store in the fridge for a week.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Red Cabbage and Apples
Easy recipe for braised red cabbage with apples, apple cider and cider vinegar.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Fun-Guy Mushrooms
Easy recipe for mushrooms flambéed in brandy cream sauce.View full post »
The Crisper Whisper on Serious Eats: Two Mollys’ Cream-Braised Brussels Sprouts
Is it a crisper or a mailbox? This week in the crisper, a letter from the law offices of Brussels, Sprout and CrucifergView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Chili-Roasted Cauliflower with Cilantro Dressing
Easy recipe for chili-dusted roasted cauliflower with cilantro-lime dressing.View full post »
A Twist on Gourmet Magazine’s Salad Lyonnaise
Recipe for a variation on Salad Lyonnaise made with crispy prosciutto and shallot-butter vinaigrette. Adapted fromView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Winter Greens with Olive Vinaigrette and Goat Cheese Croutons
Recipe for a salad of winter greens (escarole, chicory and Belgian endive) with an olive vinaigrette and warm marinatedView full post »
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