Recipes

Salads

Melon & Cucumber Salad

I have a habit of adding cheese to every salad I make. Often I add nuts, too, and maybe...

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Breakfast

Homemade Muesli

If you haven’t made the muesli mix, just use 1/2 cup oats and a pinch of any nuts, se...

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Salads

Bulgur, Lentils, Lemon-Tahini Drizzle

This bowl is inspired by the Toasted Bulgur Bowl in Lukas Volger’s Bowl. Original rec...

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Side Dishes

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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Side Dishes

Blistered Green Beans

This easy recipe calls for fresh green beans and just 5 minutes under your oven’s bro...

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Salads

Benriner Mandoline & Turning Slicer, Kevlar Gloves

I used a cucumber that I had sliced on the turning slicer for this salad. It was beauti...

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Salads

Chopped Thai Satay Salad with Peanut-Ginger Dressing

I love the Maranatha brand of peanut butter, and though I haven’t tried, I imagine th...

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Breakfast

Classic Coffee Cake

This half of the PW’s recipe. I use a 9-inch square pyrex baking dish, but any 8- or ...

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Side Dishes

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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Side Dishes

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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Side Dishes

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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Salads

Watermelon, Feta, and Mint Salad

Watermelon and feta is a classic combination. This version is inspired by a salad my fr...

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Side Dishes

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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Soup

Mind-Blowing, Three-Ingredient Trader Joe’s Lentil Salad

My friend Gail, whose husband manages the Albany Trader Joe’s, brought this salad to...

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Salads

Soba Noodle Salad with Peanut Dressing

This salad can be scaled up or down depending on how many people you are serving, so ad...

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Salads

Tabbouleh

I find myself living in a Potemkin village, my cookbooks — clutter! — hidden away, ...

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Salads

All-Purpose Lemon Vinaigrette

This bright, lemony vinaigrette has become a go-to for dressing all of the light, sprin...

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Side Dishes

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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Side Dishes

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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Salads

Samin Nosrat’s Vietnamese Cucumber Salad

As someone who loves to cook, it’s a shame I’m not a better gardener. How nice woul...

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Salads

Alice Waters’s Baked Goat Cheese Salad

It’s hard to find fault in a warm round of herb-marinated, breadcrumb-encrusted goat ...

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Side Dishes

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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Side Dishes

Creamy Parsnip and Pear Soup

A doubled version of the original recipe, which calls for making a vanilla-almond oil, ...

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Salads

Chicken and Cabbage Salad with Sesame Seeds, Scallions and Almonds

As you might recall, one of my favorite pastimes is staring at the wall of prepared sal...

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