Dairy Free

Adding silken tofu to the base of this dressing both enriches it with a little added protein and lends it a satiny texture. You can adjust the amount of water added to create something thicker and dippable for crudités or thinner and drizzly for tossing into salads.

If the raw honey you find is solid at room temperature, warm it in the microwave or in a saucepan over low heat to bring it back to a liquid state before using.

Think of this as an all-purpose garlic sauce. Once you get the hang of making it, try swapping cashews or blanched hazelnuts for the almonds.

You can spread the cloves on grilled bread, marinate olives and feta with the garlicky oil, mash cloves into store-bought mayo, or stir into mashed potatoes.

The garlic, ginger, and chile sauce that flavors this dish is one of the popular sauces used in Indo-Chinese cuisine.

Leftover rice and canned beans makes this recipe quick and easy to throw together at the start of any day.

Roasted or sautéed dark green leek tops are just as good and way more beautiful than their more popular white onion siblings: tender, totally flavorful—they're the hero of this hash.

Grill tender, inexpensive chuck eye steaks and top with a salsa verde made with carrot tops instead of parsley—it's gorgeous on pretty much anything!

Aillade's egglessness leaves it with a slightly weaker constitution than it's cousin aioli, so it can break more easily. Happily, it doesn’t matter if it breaks—carry on and it will all come together when it hits the hot cauliflower and a little water.

Spoon salsa rustica over grilled bread, grilled or roasted vegetables, roasted potatoes, sautéed greens, sliced tomatoes, boiled green beans, or cauliflower.

At Maydān the lamb shoulder is cooked sous vide until meltingly tender and then finished in the hearth until crisp and golden brown. We adapted their recipe for the oven to similar effect.

Douse ripe cherry tomatoes in lots of olive oil and slow-roast to golden deliciousness. Then use it as pasta sauce, a topping for bruschetta, a grain bowl addition, a side to scrambled eggs...we could go on and on.

Toss green beans with tons of olive oil and aromatics and surrender the whole thing to your oven for an hour or two until it becomes impossibly soft and caramelized.

Cooking summer squash low and slow yields sweet, nutty, tender—but not mushy—results. Fold them into pasta, top toast, or serve beside any grilled main.

Fairy tale eggplants are sweet, creamy, and never too seedy. Use them if you see them. They get simply roasted here, then served over a creamy cashew sauce that’s brightened with lime juice—make the sauce once, and you’ll want to use it on roasted vegetables year-round.

Leave scallions in the oven for about an hour to draw out their sweetness for a low-maintenance side dish.

How to pull off a weeknight roast chicken: set it over a bed of peppers laced with thyme and chiles for a two-for-one deal.

Douse squash in lots of oil and let it slow-roast to golden-deliciousness in this hands-off dish.