It’s easy to forget about vegetables when you’re under the lunch-making crunch. But thanks to this portable, show-stopping salad, stacking a meal in a Mason jar and then taking it on the road is a breeze. For a more sophisticated, appetizer-style dinner approach, simply serve your greens of choice (arugula, lamb’s lettuce or watercress) with cucumber, celery, walnuts, fresh herbs and feta cheese, along with a good healthy schmear of beet hummus, on a pretty plate.
Рубрика: Vegetables
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Poached Cod with Vegetables and Sorrel
This light and tender dish of fish and potatoes topped with tangy herbs pulls off a hot trick: a lean protein, a starch and very little fat-three key elements for the ideal pre-sports meal.
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Mezze-Style Tofu with Onion Confit
This vegetarian mezze recipe is health-minded and easy to put together. Perfect for a weeknight meal or as a platter to entertain guests.
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Turkey Roast with Carrots and Spices
This roast turkey celebrates flavour–and friends or family! Your guests are sure to be pleasantly surprised by the hint of spice along with the addition of chickpeas, lime-marinated red onion, fresh cilantro, pomegranate seeds and a curry-kissed gravy.
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Tomatoes with Burrata and Almond Breadcrumbs
This is an opportunity to showcase fleshy heirloom varieties of different colours. We like to slice them thickly for a meaty texture you can sink your teeth into.
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Scappata Pizza with Roasted Tomatoes
The traditional recipe uses tomato sauce, but we decided to go fresh. Any variety or colour will work. Bonus: After roasting the tomatoes in the oven, you can easily remove the skins with your fingers.
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Salmon and Dill Danish Open-Faced Sandwiches (Smørrebrød)
A no-frills Friday night gets extra finesse with open-faced sandwiches inspired by Danish tartines, known as smørrebrød. Sitting pretty in pink on a cool slab of slate, they’re the anchor for a casual evening meal. Salmon, both smoked and canned, is set off with rye bread, beets, cucumbers and dill. Just uncork a bottle of white, and things will go swimmingly.
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Squash and Crispy Prosciutto Fusilli
Connoisseurs of the comforts of mac ’n’ cheese will appreciate its colourful and chic cousin. With thin slices of crisped prosciutto, soft chunks of butternut squash and cubes of buffalo mozzarella melted overtop, this eye-catching pasta finishes in the oven for a cozy night in with friends and family. And it’s easy to make twice as much in two casserole dishes if more company comes.
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Roast Chicken with Herbes Salées and Vegetable Couscous
Why cook one chicken when you can cook two? Lay the foundations for the rest of the week with this low-maintenance meal that pays off now and later. The birds roast on a rack atop carrots, zucchini, tomatoes and chickpeas, leaving the drippings to season the vegetables—with herbes salées and harissa upping the ante. Stir once and serve with your choice of white or dark meat and a fast and fluffy side of couscous.
