I simply couldn't let Thanksgiving go by without posting my mom's healthy mashed sweet potatoes recipe. My mom is an amazing on-the-fly cook, and ever since she's embraced a whole-food, plant-based diet (and lost over 20 pounds so far! Go Mom!), I've had the benefit of sampling some amazing dishes … [Read more...]
Plant-Based, Gluten-Free Side Dish Recipes
Healthy plant-based, gluten-free side dish recipes to round out your meal.
Herbed Green Beans with Lemon Zest
I'll admit it: I'm a summer kind of gal. Overflowing farm markets, capris and sandals, long lazy days--they all just suit me fine. So when daylight begins slipping away and market offerings begin to flag, I get a little blue. I really do. Luckily, I'm still seeing one of my favorite summer … [Read more...]
Roasted Purple Potatoes: The End of the Veggie Rainbow
Despite the extra time I put in over the last seven days for Eat the Veggie Rainbow Week, I think I'm actually going to miss it. (At least a little.) While I'm ready to get back to some of my regularly scheduled vegetables, eating by color was a great way to stretch my veggie boundaries and enjoy … [Read more...]
Roasted Garlic: Thursday’s (Creepy) Treat
I should have tried roasting garlic a long time ago, but it seemed like a lot of hassle for a lowly accoutrement. However, since garlic is white when raw and a mellow tan/gold when roasted—just the color combo I needed for Thursday of Eat the Veggie Rainbow week—I decided to give it a go. As it … [Read more...]
Red Hot Monday: Fast Broiled Grape Tomatoes
They may not be exotic, but broiled grape tomatoes are delicious, fast enough to make on a weeknight, and decidedly red—the perfect veggie to kick off "Eat the Veggie Rainbow" week! Better yet, if you like a show with dinner, when grape tomatoes broil some of them get so steamed up they erupt, … [Read more...]
Midweek Dash: Easy Sautéed Carrots with Onions and Rosemary
I found the silver lining in my most recent epic cooking fail: it is possible to like cooked carrots. Normally I find cooked carrots revolting. I can manage them raw (slathered with hummus), but boiling, steaming or otherwise smushifying them into sickeningly sweetish, squishy bits trips my gag … [Read more...]
Sauteed Kale with Onions and Garlic
This sauteed kale recipe may be basic, but it's no less tasty for it. What's more, kale holds its frilly texture even as it softens during the quick saute and simmer, so it provides a tasty textural counterpoint to heavy winter entrees. Before you start, though, be sure to wash kale thoroughly and … [Read more...]
Midweek Dash: Mushrooms with Garlic and Wilted Spinach
My friend Jen suggested this combination to me, and personally I think it's inspired. Not only is it a mash-up of my favorite steakhouse sides, but it's quick and easy to boot. No need to relegate it to the role of side dish, though; according to Jen, if you toss it with some pasta and a little … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash with Cumin
Time to enjoy this prickly squash’s sweet side! The idea for this recipe came from Nick Foster, the amazing chef who cooked my father-in-law’s birthday dinner while we were on vacation in England's Lake District a few years back. What a treat! His food was fantastic and—more importantly—he … [Read more...]
Celeriac: Do the Mash
The grubby orbs beckoned to me from across the produce section, their bottoms bedecked with what looked vaguely like octopus-tentacle suction cups.We’re the ugliest vegetables you’ve never tried, they whispered. Come check us out.I was in a hurry that day; no time for a new-veggie meet-and-greet. … [Read more...]