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A bite of pilaf on a fork in close-up, bits of ground beef, onion, parsley, and tomato scattered among the grains of rice, and a bright yellow chunk of squash dead center.

Lemon-parsley rice pilaf with beef and summer vegetables

September 15, 2017by Mike Bierschenk 4 Comments

Like the convenience foods of my childhood, but gussied up: light and herbal, but still being deeply satisfying, with a garden’s worth of colorful vegetables

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Grains, Main Dishes, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
On a glass table, a blue-rimmed plate, with a pair of chopsticks laid to the left. On the plate, a mound of fluffy white rice, half-covered with wrinkled green beans and slices of dark brown pan-crisped seitan, all dressed lightly in a brown sauce and flecked with black, beige, and red-brown bits of seasoning.

Green beans and seitan in black bean sauce

September 16, 2016by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

Salty, spicy green beans, just a little oily. Pan-fried seitan soaking up the sauce. A bed of rice, and a plateful of heaven.

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Main Dishes, Stuff on Rice, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Pale yellow bay leaf rice, served in a small white bowl sitting on a wooden countertop. An olive-colored cooked bay leaf is tucked in along the edge of the bowl.

Bay leaf rice

April 21, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 1 Comment

Bay leaves usually play a supporting role, lending complexity to more complex dishes. In this rice, though, they step into the spotlight, infusing plain white rice with a heady perfume.

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Grains, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
In a close-up, a chunk of street-cart seitan sits with a bite of bright-yellow on a fork, the whole bite dappled with white garlic sauce and vibrant red chile paste. In the background, more seitan nd rice, and the edge of some leaves of salad.

Street-cart seitan with garlic sauce

March 17, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

Inspired by memories of some amazing chicken from a food truck in Midtown Manhattan, this street-cart seitan is quick and easy, reheats beautifully, and is a complete vegetarian meal, especially if you throw some salad and bread at it.

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Main Dishes, Sauces, Stuff on Rice, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Sweet-salty brown rice salad, heaped in a wooden bowl, as seen from above

Sweet-salty brown rice and kale salad

November 5, 2015by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

This hearty grain salad has been a favorite in my house for years. The brown rice gives it a hefty backbone, while the kale and raisins round out the flavor. The dressing is the star, though: a little salty, a little sweet, a little pungent, and entirely delicious.

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Salads, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Arroz Luz Catalina

Arroz Luz Catalina

January 11, 2015by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

I have a thing for rice. I’m ravenous for all things starch, but rice has a special place in my diet. I buy it by the twenty-pound sack. On vacations […]

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Grains, Veg*n or veg*n-possible

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