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Salt and bittersweet chocolate lend a savory, sophisticated edge to this typically saccharine-sweet dessert.

These homemade onion-flavored chips just might be more addictive than the store-bought versions.

These quick pickles have just the right amount of sweet, salt, and tang going on. The brine can work with any crunchy veg, but we like them best with cucumbers. We guarantee they'll be the sleeper hit of your next party spread.

Active time: 5 min Start to finish: 5 min

It doesn’t take much to make slender, tender green beans memorable—lemon zest and orange zest warmed in olive oil provide sensational sparkle.

A basket of unusual breadsticks will vanish in no time. The fact that you scatter the strips of dough on baking sheets rather like pick-up sticks results in great texture: they’re chewy where the strips overlap and crisp where they don’t.

Crisp pickled vegetables go brilliantly with cocktails (or with sandwiches, a hunk of cheese, a juicy steak...the possibilities are endless). Fresh ginger and dried chiles give them a bracing boost and orange juice plays up their natural sweetness.

A simmer and soak in sugar syrup glazes kumquats and liquifies their interiors so they taste like delicious shots of marmalade.

With a wheat-free coconut-date cookie crumb–like crust, a creamy coconut layer, and a rich chocolate topping, these bar cookies will remind you of your favorite candy but taste so much better.

It’s hard to know if a parsnip will have a woody core, but generally speaking, small ones are tender throughout. Worst case scenario? Trim the tough centers before cooking.

Crunchy tender carrots tossed in a tangy-sweet dressing meet soft and blackened dates for literally everything you want in one bite.

Harissa lends both a spiciness and an earthiness to this savory alternative to the usual sweet potato casserole.

The most labor-intensive part of this recipe involves coring and separating the leaves of each brussels sprout—a perfect activity for those lazybones watching the game. Delegate!

Any cooking oil or rendered fat will work for making these supremely crunchy potatoes. Bonus: The fluffy insides are perfect for sopping up gravy.

This velvety lentil stew, brightened with shredded apple and fresh ginger, is the antidote to holiday excess.

This is not your average roasted vegetable recipe. With unexpected additions like sherry vinegar, paprika, and mint–and the nutty addition of spiced pecans–this dish is a holiday must-have if you want to impress your food-fanatic friends.

Keep a jar of dukkha—a mix of spiced, salted seeds—in the pantry to add life to roasted winter squash or any other simply prepared vegetable.

This dish is compulsively delicious. One adult could easily eat the entire head of cauliflower for dinner and feel good about it.

A mix of roasted and raw veggies and a poppy seed dressing bring a pleasing variety of textures to this holiday side.