Cilantro chicken pinwheels
Bright, green-flecked spirals of spicy chicken salad are a party show-stopper, but take almost no time to throw together. Better make two trays.
Category Archives: Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Sweet potato-black bean enchiladas
Little cubes of sweet potato jostle with black beans and diced poblano pepper in rolled corn tortillas with a gentle drape of cheeses and a velvety brick-red sauce. Yowza.
Scalloped sweet potatoes and zucchini with salmon
Soft sweet potato and zucchini, wrapped in a thick cream sauce, remind me of classic scalloped potatoes, yet the dairy is restrained enough that it doesn’t sit too heavily. The small amount of smoked salmon brings a rich savor that can make this into a main dish for lunch, but it would also be at home on a buffet as a vegetable side, with or without the salmon.
Avocado toast (that isn’t ridiculous)
I made this because I got tired of reading overwrought recipes for a dish that, really, couldn’t be simpler. No finicky knives, no ridiculous mashing, just pure unadulterated avocado.
Simple baked zucchini à la française
This dish is perfect for late summer, when the summer squash are still abundant but temperatures have begun to drop. Don’t let the simple ingredients fool you: this is an immensely satisfying dish, sweet and earthy and beautifully tender.
Germaine’s tomato salad
This simple salad displays the best of French summer cooking: sweet, ripe tomatoes rounded out by gentle onion flavors, lightly salted, all tied together by a soft, barely-sweet vinegar dressing.
Orzo salad with shrimp and basil
This recipe would be delicious any time of year, under any weather conditions: let’s just be clear on that. But especially in the late days of summer (when the thought of heating up your kitchen is just excruciating) cool, filling salads are a godsend. And when they’re as flavorful as this one — shrimp! basil! tomatoes! it’s almost a caricature of summer! — it’s no sacrifice at all.
Classic mustard coleslaw
Not only is this a rock-solid coleslaw recipe, but the blog post portion is a testament to my fervent coleslaw mania. I might have gone a little overboard, but I think coleslaw’s worth it.
Summer squash stirfry with blueberries and avocado
In summer there’s little need to do much more to fresh produce than throw it together over heat, which is exactly what this skilletful of differently colored fruits and veggies does, with bright yellow summer squash as the star.
Late-night tortilla pizza
Got a late-night pizza craving? This recipe can help you out. It’s not an authentic Neapolitan pizza by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s sauce, cheese, and toppings on a bready base: it’s what you’re wanting.
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