Bowl of Beans and Beets. Vegan Borscht.
Replace the classic beef soup stock with bean "pot liquor" aka bean soup. Delicious. Rich. Aromatic. Even better than the classic. More flavorful. Sweetness and earthiness from the beans and the beets.
Pizzoccheri celebrates chard in the Alps
A hearty, hugely tasty serving of pasta, vegetables and cheese. Think of it as an Alpine vegetable lasagna. With a lot of protein, 100% of your daily Vitamins A and C and calcium. A pasta you never heard of and a Way to learn to love Swiss Chard.
St. Patrick’s Day Hit Parade
This is the week to eat Irish and eat seasonal. You may want to say tomato, but you still have to eat potato. Which is a perfectly good place to start when you want to eat well. Delicious and nutritious when you make them right. No blarney.
Soy Butter Sauce Makes So Much Better
A huge flavor upgrade to every bite of an already wonderful grilled fish. Fantastic with any vegetable. A much-more-than-just-pleasant surprise tossed with noodles. Three minutes to prepare. Water, butter, soy sauce. Water's the key. Emulsify, don't melt.
Eggplant Parmigiana Pizza
The best of all worlds. A light, satisfying, deeply flavorful meal. A traditional comfort food transformed to a pizza. No baking dish to wash. Great vegetable flavors in the middle of the winter season.
Pudding Cake Parmigiana
The most luscious vegetarian dish of the month. Right in line with the dietary advisory: cheese, eggs, milk, butter; a tiny bit of sugar. The result: a combination of a cheese soufflé and an airy cheese cake. Rich, luscious, light. Deeply flavorful and fragrant.
Farro “Stew”. Chase the chill away.
Close your eyes and inhale. You think it's beef stew. Open your eyes and smile because you've got a deeply delicious and aromatic dish that puts more whole grains and vegetables in your diet and lets you reduce your meat consumption.
Coq au vin: Close enough for Stew Week
Whether or not it's a stew, it's aromatic, herbaceous, smoky, tender organic chicken in a deep, dark, rich wine sauce thick with mushrooms and onions. Totally luscious and satisfying. Just 40 minutes on your stovetop. Just $4 per serving.
Fragrant Lamb Stew for Stew Week
Earthy, sweet, tangy, tart, herbaceous and spicy all at once. Totally luscious and satisfying. It warms up the kitchen, it warms up the house. When it's miserable outdoors, this stew makes it wonderful indoors.
Stew Week: Boeuf Bourguignonne
When it's miserable outdoors, make it wonderful indoors. Warm up your kitchen with a highly aromatic humidifier. Boeuf a la Bourguignonne. Beef braised in a rich wine sauce until it's beyond tender and into the zone of melting.