This soup isn't actually cream of mushroom, because there's not a sniff of dairy in it. But if I called it cashews and mushroom soup that would sound weird and gross, plus it tastes just like traditional cream of mushroom soup—only better!—so that's what we're going with. Not only is this soup ...
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Super veggie sandwich pockets
You may not have heard of a sandwich pocket, but I guarantee you've had one. Every culture I can think of has found a way to enclose food in some kind of edible wrapper. Mexican burritos are to a French crepe what Polish pierogis are to Spain's empanadas. Make Asian cuisines feature spring rolls or ...
Harissa cashew s’dip
"I don't know what to call this harissa cashew sauce-dip stuff," I said to my husband quizzically. My five-year-old son, who has uncanny hearing when he wants to, replied immediately, "Why don't you call it s'dip?" This is his thing lately—combining two words to make a new word. In this ...
Grilled green beans with black garlic
Green beans, also known as string beans, are as easy to grow as they are versatile. Because they're easy to grow, they're plentiful and inexpensive. Because they're versatile, you see them popping up all over the place, from minestrone to stirfry to the ubiquitous Thanksgiving classic: green bean ...
Creamy shallot vinaigrette
Sometimes a salad calls for nothing more than a basic olive oil and vinegar vinaigrette, which is it's own kind of simple transcendence. But occasionally you want to mix it up or add something extra. In the same way you might don something sparkly for a New Year's Eve celebration, so too might your ...
Yam curry with pineapple
Pass the douchi! No, not the dutchie. The douchi! Because they are what makes this dish. Douchi are fermented and salted black soybeans. If you have ever had an Asian dish with black bean sauce, it likely included douchi. The flavor of douchi reminds me somewhat of black garlic...deeply savory ...
Fruity green juice
Have you ever bought a whole head of cabbage even though you only needed half? Or picked up a bunch of oranges to take to a soccer game that gets rained out? Or asked your husband to pick up a two-pound bag of carrots on the way home, but he grabs the five-pound bag instead? These things happen. ...
Mushroom lettuce cups
I might not be as evolved as the rest of you, because I still like to eat with my hands. Or maybe that's just a way of getting in touch with the sensuousness of a meal. I don't know. But I do know that my favorite foods need no utensils—just a lot of napkins. These mushroom cups definitely fit ...
Chococo banana nice cream
Maybe you've never heard of nice cream. Until immersing my vegan-curious self in the Instagram feeds of vegans, I hadn't either. But that's all changed for the better. I used to be a person who would say, "Yeah, the vegetarian thing, I get. But: CHEESE!" As if I was actually incapable of living ...
Golden milk
From reducing inflammation to fighting cancer and depression, the benefits of turmeric are many—and still being discovered. Turmeric is a golden yellow root common in curries; it’s what gives traditional Indian curry the bright yellow color. You can buy it powdered or fresh—look for it in the ...