Recipes for Real Life
Welcome to our vegetarian recipe collection. These recipes are vegetarian from the start. Many of our recipes have alternative ingredient recommendations to make them vegetarian. For those recipes, see our vegetarian option page.
As someone who’s been cooking for two for years now, I’ve really come to appreciate recipes that don’t leave me swimming in leftovers. I love mashed potatoes, but for the longest time, I used to make an entire bag at a time — and then we’d be eating mashed potatoes all week long. That’s a …
I’ve been making my Sweet Potato Casserole recipe for years, and it’s one of those recipes that always disappears first at any holiday meal. Several years ago, I was invited to a Friendsgiving potluck and wanted to bring my tried-and-true dish — but I also knew a couple of my friends were gluten intolerant. It …
By late August, my kitchen counter is usually covered in garden cucumbers (and tomatoes), all begging to be used before they lose their crispness. That’s when this plant-based sushi bowl becomes my go-to lunch. As someone who’s been cooking for two and running a recipe blog dedicated to simple, flavorful meals, I’ve learned that the …
After nearly 15 years of making Pecorino Romano pasta again and again, it’s still one of the easiest and most satisfying pasta dinners I turn to when we want something comforting but not complicated. I first found the original version inside a magazine years ago and have tweaked it many times since. I’ve even shared …
As an experienced home cook who mostly cooks for two, I’m always looking for recipes that feel a little special but don’t require a grocery run. This is one of those recipes. Assassin’s Spaghetti—or Spaghetti all’Assassina—is not your typical spaghetti with tomato sauce. It’s bold, spicy, crispy in spots, and comes together using pantry ingredients …