The classic crispy side dish, fried in healthy chickpea flour
Sides
Baked beets
A foolproof method for oven-roasted beets
Mashed potatoes with garlic confit
How to make the perfect garlic mashed potatoes? Use poached garlic
Sautéed broccoli with yellow and red bell peppers
A lovely side dish recipe, as pleasing to the palate as it is to the eye
Romano beans with butter, shallots and chives A sweeter alternative to the common green bean, and made just as easily!
What are Romano beans? If you’ve never tasted Romano beans, you’re in for a treat! These broad, flat pods are similar to green snapping beans – you eat the entire pod and cook them the same way. But Romano beans are even sweeter and more tender than the common green […]
Carrots and fennel braised with orange zest and honey
Some of my best recipes are born out of necessity. Today’s recipe is a perfect example. A few weeks ago, on an unnaturally warm late-winter day, I decided to poke around my vegetable garden. I hadn’t done so since last December when temperatures had started to dip into the deep-freeze […]
Baked golden and red beets with anise vinaigrette
Serve as a salad, side vegetable or as part of a tapas spread
Roasted butternut squash with garlic and sage
The magical attribute of butternut squash is its inherent sweetness. When roasted, butternut squash’s natural sugars caramelize, intensifying its flavor, and turning this humble vegetable into something sublime.
Cauliflower purée with parmesan and thyme
Few recipes are as easy to make – not to mention as low in calories – as this cauliflower purée. Gently boiled in milk with a bundle of fresh thyme, the cauliflower acquires a delicate flavor and silky texture. With just over 100 calories per serving, this recipe is as […]
Maple-glazed pan-roasted Brussels sprouts with chestnuts
These perfectly shaped petit cabbages are irresistible when pan-roasted. Sweet, nutty and slightly crunchy, they’re intensely flavorful tiny packages. But when you add a drop of maple syrup to the pan, their sweetness gets intensified, making them even more delectable. Roasted with whole chestnuts, the Brussels sprouts acquire an earthy […]
Slow-roasted radish roots with fennel
If you want to experience a truly fabulous radish, then take the time to browse your local farmers’ market or farm stand. There are many varieties available these days – radishes come in all sizes, shapes and colors, with flavors ranging from crisp and sweet to a little hot and […]
In-their-husks grilled corn on the cob
Juicy, plump, sweet and irresistibly smoky