side dishes
Swiss Chard
Any dark leafy green will work just fine. And the same is true for the herbs — use wh...
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Balsamic Roasted Mini Peppers
This is a recipe my mother has been making for years, and something she often makes for...
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Hasselback Potato Gratin
The original recipe calls for using 2 cups of heavy cream, but I find it just as tasty ...
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Crispy Pan-Seared Fingerling Potatoes
The key to perfectly cooked fingerlings? Boil first; then crisp them up in a skillet ov...
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Alice Waters’s Potato Gratin
You can bake the dish halfway or three-fourths way — the top will begin to brown, but...
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Creamy (No-Cream) Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
If possible use something like Yellow Finns or Yukon Golds, which become extremely crea...
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In a skillet, combine 1 pound of green beans, 4 tablespoons of butter, 1/4 cup of water...
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Roasted Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots
Seasoned simply with olive oil and salt, these roasted green beans emerge from the oven...
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Ina Garten’s Roasted Balsamic Brussels Sprouts
I served these Brussels sprouts with the mustard-roasted chicken for a dinner party. T...
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Easy Parmesan-Roasted Cauliflower Florets Recipe
This is the cauliflower recipe I make on repeat all winter. The cauliflower emerges ten...
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Roasted Parsnips with Chili-Honey Butter
When I made these most recently, I didn’t peel them — it’s not necessary! If your...
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Twice-Roasted Carrots with Honey and Almonds
I didn’t sign up for my winter CSA this year because I was worried about being able t...
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Roasted Kabocha Squash with Garlic, Capers & Chilies
In this vegetable side dish, roasted kabocha squash slices are showered with crispy gar...
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Blistered Green Beans
This easy recipe calls for fresh green beans and just 5 minutes under your oven’s bro...
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Roasted Acorn Squash with Maple Butter
You can get away with using about a tablespoon of sauce in each squash half, which will...
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Winter Tabbouleh with Roasted Delicata Squash
If you have never tried extra-coarse bulgur, I encourage you to make the effort to get ...
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Butternut Squash and Apple Cider Soup
I have made a double quantity here and have made a few minor adjustments: onion for sha...
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Roasted Butternut Squash and Garlic Soup
You need 1 whole head/bulb of garlic for this recipe — not a single clove.
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Simple Homemade Potato Leek Soup
This is a very simple and very tasty recipe for classic potato and leek soup. Because t...
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Cauliflower and Apple Soup with Olive Oil-Fried Bread
This soup lends itself to an endless number of garnishes such as crisp slivered or fine...
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Cream of Celery Soup with Walnut-Currant Salsa
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spread the walnuts on a sheet pan. Transfer to the oven and...
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Creamy Parsnip and Pear Soup
A doubled version of the original recipe, which calls for making a vanilla-almond oil, ...
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Fall Salad with Cabbage, Fennel, Manchego, and Candied Pepitas
Shortly after making the candied pepitas last week, I threw them into a salad with shav...
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Raw Collard Green Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash, Almonds, & Parmesan
Salad recipe adapted from Epicurious. Original recipe calls for roasting a head of garl...
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No-Knead Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rolls
I now make these with 10 grams of kosher salt, which is about 3 teaspoons of Diamond Cr...
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Simple Sourdough Focaccia: A Beginner’s Guide
Once your starter is ready to go, this recipe requires an initial 4- 18 hour rise, foll...
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Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
I’m using about 1/4 cup (70 grams) more buttermilk, which is an amount you might need...
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Cheddar Biscuits
My family is arriving in 6 days, and I cannot wait. It has been too long since we have ...
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Classic Bread Stuffing
Bell’s Seasoning is readily available at most grocery stores. It’s a mix of finely ...
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Crispy Oven-Roasted Cabbage Wedges
The original recipe calls for saba*, which I’ve never tasted, but which, according to...
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Easy Garlic Monkey Bread
Making homemade monkey bread requires understanding a method more than a recipe. Take p...
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Burnt Eggplant with Za’atar Flatbread
Last summer I discovered eggplant caviar, a dish made from peeled eggplant roasted in a...
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Simple, Quick- Pickled Vegetables
This is a very simple recipe and use it as a guide: you can use more or less fennel, pe...
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Super Easy Summer Squash Gratin
This time of year I suspect few of you are thinking about summer squash. Many of you ar...
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Tat Soi & The Sun Post News
Last Sunday, I walked home from the San Clemente farmers’ market feeling a bit like a...
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Baked Feta with Cherry Tomatoes
If you want to toss this with spaghetti squash, keep the proportions the same, and toss...
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Simple Sautéed Greens
Use this recipe as a guide. Other greens such as kale, Swiss chard, and spinach can be ...
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Snap Pea Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
You can use other vegetables in addition to the snap peas in this salad. I’ve had suc...
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Thyme-Roasted Grapes with Ricotta & Grilled Bread
This recipe comes from this month’s Real Simple magazine, and fittingly, it couldn’...
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Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
With Christmas less than a month away, only a few weeks remain to experiment more with ...
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Chinese Steamed Buns with Scallions (Hua Juan)
These homemade Chinese steamed buns with scallions emerge from the steamer puffed and b...
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Addictive Kale Caesar Salad with Brioche Croutons
The measurements below are those that are given in the book. Obviously, adjust quantiti...
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Homemade Roasted Red Peppers
Bring the roasted red peppers to room temperature — the cold masks their flavor. Slic...
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“Magic” Peppers Salad with Pine Nuts & Capers
The only part of this recipe I suggest you following to a T (or mostly to a T) is the t...
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Toasted Muesli // Camping at Heart Lake, Lake Placid
This recipe is meant to be adapted to your tastes and to what you have on hand. I love ...
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Turnip & Apple Purée
While it’s delicious on its own — I ate nearly all of it at lunch — this purée b...
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Simple Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic and Parmesan
The Canal House ladies, Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, suggest purchasing...
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Pickled Egg Salad Toasts
You can hard boil the eggs as described below or use leftover hard-boiled eggs you have...
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Salt-Roasted (or Steam-Roasted) Beets with Goat Cheese & Toasted Walnuts
This salad features a very classic lineup of ingredients: beets, goat cheese, and walnu...
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Broccoli & Cabbage Slaw with Miso-Carrot Dressing
Adapted from this udon noodle salad recipe from Self and Epicurious. I changed the reci...
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Perfectly Cooked & Seasoned Instant Pot Brown Rice
Perfect Instant pot brown rice — hooray! This brown rice, without rinsing, cooks up s...
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Broiled Broccoli with Spicy, Sesame-Scallion Sizzle
Last summer, this spicy green bean recipe opened my eyes to the wonderful world of blis...
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New Potatoes with Green Harissa
Use this recipe as a guide. Use any herb or combination of herbs: mint, cilantro, parsl...
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Shaved Fennel Salad with Avocado & Lemon
A mandoline is not essential, but I find it very helpful for slicing the fennel thinly....
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A Super Summery Pasta
Inspired by a recipe we made at Fork every summer as soon as the Branch Creek tomatoes ...
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Quinoa with Walnuts, Radishes & Spring Onions
The original recipe calls for fava beans, garlic, purple radish cress, cumin, and avoca...
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Perfect Instant Pot Soft-Boiled Eggs
For perfect soft-boiled eggs, set your Instant Pot to 3 minutes and low pressure. The e...
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Simplest Slow Cooker Black Beans
Last week, after announcing my resolve to use more canned beans, my friend Rose emailed...
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Sautéed Endive & Radicchio with Chile Oil
Its deliciousness should be no surprise, but still, I found myself taken by this dish, ...
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Roasted Vegetables with Tahini, Lemon & Za’atar
I find this dressing, especially in combination with the za’atar, to be irresistible ...
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Instant Pot Harissa-Spiced Rice with Dates and Orange
This Instant Pot harissa-spiced rice is so flavorful, a mix of spicy, smoky and sweet a...
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Harissa Carrot Salad with Avocado
I’ve been making this with homemade harissa, which varies in spiciness every time I m...
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Kale Salad with 4-Minute Egg Caesar Dressing
This method — using a mostly cooked egg as an emulsifier — made me think about all ...
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Broccoli Crunch Salad
This broccoli salad is inspired by the broccoli salad served at Byerlys, a grocery stor...
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Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Lemony Yogurt Sauce
Several weeks before heading to Paris, the September issue of Food and Wine arrived, an...
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Manchego and Almonds
These roasted balsamic Brussels sprouts, a recipe from the Franny’s cookbook, are sim...
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Roasted Delicata Squash with Chilies, Lime & Cilantro
This is a variation of a favorite Tamar Adler recipe. I made a variation of her sweet p...
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Farro Salad with Toasted Pine Nuts, Currants & Mustard Greens
Roland semi-pearled farro is particularly nice but any type of farro or grain — wheat...
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Freezable Stuffing with Kale and Caramelized Onions
Toss kale and onions with bread, stock, salt, and pepper: If you want to keep this vege...
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Smoky Eggplant Dip with Yogurt and Za’atar
From Julia Turshen’s Small Victories, a beautiful new cookbook I am loving — I’ve...
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Easy Eggplant Parmesan with Roasted Eggplant
After 25 minutes in the oven, the gratin emerged bubbling and golden and tasted utterly...
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Roasted Cauliflower with Schug (Zhug) + Yogurt Sauce
This is one of my favorite meals: roasted roasted cauliflower, drizzled with schug, pil...
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Super Easy Marinated Olives
Today I find myself awaiting the arrival of a few dear friends, and for the first time ...
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Eggplant Caviar on Grilled Bread
Last summer the eggplant chapter of Chez Panisse Vegetables treated me kindly, introduc...
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Corn Fritters
Oh, where to begin, where to begin. I saw this recipe in last weekend’s WSJ’s food ...
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Summer Squash Gratin
This is the recipe that broke the streak. A two-month-long, five-meal-rotation streak c...
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Super-Easy, Pan-Roasted Baby Artichokes
Easy to make and full of flavor, this is the MOST delicious recipe for pan-roasted baby...
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Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries
I’ve long accepted that oven-baked sweet potato fries are a culinary unicorn. Oven-ro...
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Sweet Potatoes with Chilies, Lime, & Cilantro
For sweet potato lovers, this dish no doubt will be a welcomed addition to your reperto...
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Little Gems with Chez Panisse Green Goddess Dressing
I understand I am very late to the game here, but I can’t help but sing the praises o...
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Indian Fried Rice with Peanuts, Chilies, & Cilantro
Why I have never thought to dress leftover rice with something other than soy sauce, se...
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Ina Garten’s Roasted Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Parmesan
Ina Garten’s roasted broccoli recipe is excellent and comes together quickly, a perfe...
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