In this sautéed butternut squash recipe, vinegary, caramelized onions and black olives add sweet, salty and tangy flavors. Other hard winter squashes, such as hubbard or red kuri, work nicely in this dish as well.
To achieve stir-fried asparagus with a flavorful browned exterior and a crisp-tender texture, we had to start with a hot pan and only stir the asparagus occasionally. This allowed the vegetables to char and caramelize. To ensure that the vegetables cooked evenly, we diluted the sauce with water. This diluted sauce created a small amount of steam, cooking the spears through, before evaporating and leaving behind a flavorful glaze.
This recipe is healthy comfort food made with simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, just everything.
Stop right there. Ummm what is this? Sweet potato noodles? CASHEW SAUCE? First of all, y-u-m. Secondly, it’s true. I’m going fake-vegan-rogue on you today.
Cooking healthy (and tasty) meals can be easy, even for a first-year student. Check out Bonnie Stern's recipe for this rice bowl with grilled tofu, sweet potatoes and peanut sauce.
A French classic, tapenade, made by whirring black olives with anchovies and fresh thyme, is a fine dipping sauce for green beans, sugar snap peas, snow peas, or carrots.
Sometimes the simplest recipes get overcomplicated as more and more versions are made. For this carrot-ginger soup, we decided to go back to the basics. With a combination of cooked carrots and carrot juice, we were able to get well-rounded, fresh carrot flavor. Using a mixture of ginger products, we were able to get bright, refreshing ginger flavor with a moderate kick of heat. Finally, for a smooth texture without the fuss of straining, we added a touch of baking soda to help break down the carrots and ginger, producing a silken creamy result.
Butternut squash makes a wonderful substitute for pasta thanks to its structure. This simple dish allows the squash noodles to shine in a Sage Brown Butter sauce. Ready in less than 30 minutes, this makes a wonderful cool weather side or main dish.
Butternut squash is great for spiralizing. It produces firm noodles which can be roasted and added to most any sauce as one would prepare pasta. It roasts in about 5-7 minutes and once combined with a sauce is ready within 10 minutes.
Homemade Sweet Potato Curly Fries with Chipotle Lime Aioli are a healthier spin off the classic sweet potato fry. Crispy, sweet, spicy and irresistible!
Making a pretty good veggie burger is easy. Making a great one is a lot harder.
The downfall of many a recipe is the mush factor. Most of the elements that often go into a homemade veggie burger (vegetables, beans and tofu) are high in moisture, which can lead to a soggy patty that’s unpleasant to eat and nearly impossible to flip on the grill without it falling apart. Getting a veggie burger with great flavor and the right texture is challenging.
This Tunisian grilled vegetable salad can turn out soggy if the vegetables are grilled whole. To eliminate moisture, we cut them in half before grilling—allowing moisture to evaporate without creating too many pieces to tend to on the grill. A Tunisian spice blend called tabil provides exotic flavor, while lemon and a trio of herbs contribute freshness.