Tag Archives: roasted

sweet baked broccoli

when i posted about baked broccoli here before, i guaranteed that baking is the best way to cook broccoli.  it yields soft, tender stems and crunchy, flavorful florets.  and they are easy to toss in some olive oil and a few seasonings before roasting for less than a half an hour.  even better than the [...]
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roasted fennel over couscous

fennel is an interesting vegetable.  when eaten raw i find it to have a celery-like texture with a hint of licorice – which is not my favorite flavor.  but like most vegetables, when roasted the flavors mellow out and gain a toasty and buttery quality.  i don’t roast the stems because i find them quite [...]
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napa cabbage and snap pea winter salad with herb-roasted red onion

i recently visited my good friend rose in san francisco, who always inspires me when we share the kitchen.  our first night in town, exhausted from traveling, she made us a delicious dinner which included something she called a winter salad.  it involved wilted napa cabbage, warm apples and apple cider vinegar. while this isn’t [...]
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curry baked broccoli and cauliflower

when i find a dish that works its way into my routine – popping up on my dinner plate at least once or twice a week – i feel obligated to share it here.  partly because it’s a recipe i’ve tested mutliple times and know works, but also because it is usually pretty simple and [...]
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sunchokes roasted with lavender and garlic

sunchokes – also known as jerusalem artichokes – are the root vegetable of a plant similar to a sunflower.  they look like and are often confused for fresh ginger root, but are more like a potato.  they are probably associated with artichokes because of their earthy, subtle artichoke-like flavor and creamy, buttery texture. i love [...]
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vegan thanksgiving: roasted garlic mashed potatoes with celeriac

every recipe on thanksgiving seems to have the same “fuck it” mentality, with loads of butter and salt and carbohydrates.  for example, normally i make mashed potatoes like this, but this year i decided to do the complete opposite.  i wanted a lighter dish thrown in the mix, for a little bit of balance on [...]
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vegan thanksgiving: chunky pumpkin soup

this is a recipe i got from my boyfriend.  when he first started cooking for himself, this was one of the first recipes he learned – and may i say, mastered.  it’s an easy, wholesome recipe that you don’t have to be a seasoned chef to make, it doesn’t even require any blending.  it is [...]
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vegan thanksgiving: creamy caramelized onion gravy over roasted snap peas and green beans

i never much liked the traditional green bean casserole, with it’s soggy canned beans and overly creamy sauce.  yet i could never help but mentally group it in the upper echelon of thanksgiving foods.  it has somehow always seemed just as essential to the dinner as stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy, it was just [...]
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