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Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette. Spring has sprung and I’m in it to win it!!

Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette

Crispy Vegan Portobello Mushroom "Bacon" I hosted a ladies’ brunch recently and was looking for a “meaty” side to accompany the mains I was serving.

Crispy Vegan Portobello Mushroom "Bacon"

And while I already have recipes for eggplant and coconut bacon on the blog, I was craving mushrooms because they mock the texture of meat so well. After some experimenting with both portobello and shiitake mushrooms, I settled on this beauty of a recipe. Friends, behold Portobello “Bacon” — just 10 ingredients and simple methods required!

The base of this marinade is a mixture of spices including paprika, salt and pepper, miso paste for depth of flavor, maple syrup for sweetness, and coconut aminos or tamari for a salty kick. Quick Crispy Shiitake Bacon. This vegan bacon recipe came to be in a moment of inspiration while making pasta that needed a salty garnish.

Quick Crispy Shiitake Bacon

I had shiitakes on hand and the rest is history! The result is a savory-sweet, smoky, crispy plant-based bacon that’s SO FAST to make and perfect for adding to salads, sandwiches (hello vegan BLT), pasta, and more! Just 1 pan, 7 ingredients, and 15 minutes required! □How to Eat a SUNFLOWER HEAD. Tofu Avocado Salad: 10 Min Recipe! This tofu avocado salad is a no-cook, vegan, healthy recipe with a tangy Asian dressing that can be customized to your liking!

Tofu Avocado Salad: 10 Min Recipe!

An Excuse Not to Cook! This may surprise you to hear, but even us food bloggers get tired of cooking every now and then. I find that this is especially true when it’s hot out, and I’m looking to avoid heating up the kitchen with the stove or oven. Quick recipes like this tofu avocado salad are quick and easy, and require no cooking at all! Easy Grilled Vegetables.

Perfectly crisp-tender grilled veggies served with an amazing, tangy, garlicky basil sauce.

Easy Grilled Vegetables

You’ll want this sauce on everything! Save I’ll be honest. Spinach Stuffed Portobellos. If you’re looking for a meatless main dish this summer, you’ve got to try these Spinach Stuffed Portobellos.

Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

They’re super easy, a little like lasagna without all the noods, and light enough to not weigh you down during the summer heat. I absolutely love recipes like this that are equal parts vegetable and cheesy goodness. It’s like the best of both worlds! Portobello Caps Stuffed with Spinach and Cheese Shown with Homemade Garlic Bread and a mixed greens salad. Making Bacon from Carrots. Perfect Roasted Potatoes. On our quest to find the perfect roasted potato, things got rather scientific in our kitchen.

Perfect Roasted Potatoes

We tested all the methods we could think of including high heat, low heat, parboiling, less oil, more oil, and just about everything in between. Good news: We found the version that produced PERFECT roasted potatoes every time! Let us show you how! How to Make Roasted Potatoes Behold, our method for perfect roasted potatoes every time: Toss evenly sliced potatoes in just enough oil to coatAdd seasonings of choice and tossPlace on a parchment-lined baking sheetMake sure the pan isn’t crowded (to ensure they roast instead of steaming)Roast at 425 F (218 C) for 20-25 minutes. Mushroom Carnitas Tacos. Mushroom Carnitas – have you even heard of something so incredible!

Mushroom Carnitas Tacos

This fully vegetarian version of carnitas is amazing. Crispy mushrooms with onions, a magical green sauce that you’ll want to drink and charred flour tortillas!! Crispy Quinoa Burgers Topped with Sweet Potato Fries and Beer Caramelized Onions. - Half Baked Harvest. The very best Crispy Quinoa Burgers Topped with Sweet Potato Fries and Beer Caramelized Onions. Perfectly spiced vegetarian quinoa burgers, pan-cooked until extra crispy on the outside, yet soft and cheesy in the middle. Top each burger with beer caramelized onions and spicy homemade sweet potato fries.

Yes, this burger is every bit as DELICIOUS as it sounds. The history of jackfruit. Sign Up for Our free email newsletters When I first came across a pulled "pork" sandwich stuffed with jackfruit, I was utterly horrified.

The history of jackfruit

Shredded jackfruit smothered in barbecue sauce is the complete antithesis to the sunny yellow bulbs of fruit I ate fresh out of hand called nangka, and the spiced curries I devoured on family trips to Indonesia. As exotic-fruit mania crescendos with the jackfruit's newfound status as a trendy meat substitute in the West, its provenance is getting left in the dust. Nestle's New Plant-Based Burger Is "Awesome": Here's Our Honest Review. Before the Awesome Burger’s official launch on Oct. 1, Sweet Earth held a special event on the Roof at Park South Hotel in New York City, where one of our editors got to try it.

Nestle's New Plant-Based Burger Is "Awesome": Here's Our Honest Review

The brand’s culinary innovation and product development chef, Tucker Bunch, used the same recipe for the hotel's Wagyu cheeseburger, subbing out the beef for the Awesome Burger patty. The burger came prepared with American cheese, dashi pickle, special sauce (comparable to Chipotle mayo) and red onion on a soft sesame seed bun. Our taste tester, who has been a vegetarian for four years, found the burger to be incredible and tried to savor it while devouring it quickly nonetheless. The combination of toppings and pillowy bun certainly deserve recognition, but the patty itself tasted just like meat as they recalled it. The texture was near-perfect as well. The Awesome Burger will be available at grocery stores across the U.S. starting Oct. 1, with a suggested retail price of $5.99 for two 4-ounce patties. Eggplant Veggie Nuggets - Brooklyn Farm Girl. Eggplant Veggie Nuggets are healthy, easy to make and kids love them. They’re made with simple ingredients and ready in less than 20 minutes.

Only 111 calories a serving for these vegetarian nuggets. Serve for dinner, lunch box or snack. You guys know I love sneaking garden vegetables into everything, so it might not surprise you that I turned a kids classic dinner food into something a little more nutritious with the help of eggplant! These taste just like regular “chicken nuggets” but are 100% vegetarian. The Best Supermarket Veggie Burgers.

[Photographs: Vicky Wasik] Our Favorites Trader Joe's Vegetable Masala BurgerMorningStar Farms Garden Veggie BurgerDr. Praeger’s Asian Veggie Burger There may be no American food more iconic than the hamburger. If you were tasked with designing a patriotically symbolic dish, an edible emblem as pregnant with meaning as Old Glory, it would be difficult to do better than a patty of ground corn-fed steer, straight from the heartland, raised on the industrial lots we as a proud nation pioneered, sandwiched between buns made of American wheat and American spuds, topped with some shredded iceberg (the most American of lettuces), some prematurely plucked tomatoes ripened in supermarket cartons, a few coins of cucumber rich with high-fructose corn syrup and vinegar, and a nice big splodge of tomato ketchup produced by Heinz, a similarly iconic American entity and one of the most successful multinational food and beverage corporations in the world. * Okay, maybe not all.

Chana Masala Recipe. Chana masala is a go-to comfort dish for me. It is simple to fix and gives me the comfort I crave on a chilly night or even a breezy day! Chana masala originated from the northern parts of India where it’s a staple dish. But it has gained popularity in the past few years because it’s vegan, rich in protein, and simple to make. Chana masala can also be called chole masala, referring to the kind of garam used in the dish.

So if someday you see chole masala on a menu, then rest assured that it is your beloved chana masala. This dish is typically prepared by cooking chickpeas in an Indian curry paste. This MUSHROOM Tastes Just Like LOBSTER - Lets make a Mushroom Lobster Roll! We Tried the New ‘Meatier’ Beyond Burger with Marbling, and It’s Pretty Damn Convincing. Pulled Mushroom BBQ Sandwiches. Vegan Shiitake Bacon - Vegan Recipe. Here is what you can do with those beautiful, fluffy shiitakes sitting in your fridge. Sweet Potatoes With Tahini Butter Recipe. Grilled Baby Artichokes and Chipotle Mayo dipping sauce. How to Cook Artichokes (and more) & Tarragon-Chive Dipping Sauce. Ultimate Vegan Bolognese Sauce - The Wanderlust Kitchen. Vegetarian Mushroom Burger Recipe with Swiss Cheese ~ Macheesmo.

Basil Parmesan Grilled Corn. Easy Creamed Corn. Stovetop Bacon Creamed Corn. Feta Harissa Roasted Carrots. Maple Roasted Carrots with Walnuts & Feta. Smoky Tempeh + Avocado Wrap. I love this quick and easy Smoky Tempeh + Avocado Wrap this time of year. For picnics, weekend lunches, packing on a road-trip or toting to your sunny outdoor patio, this is a solid wrap! Smoky maple tempeh meets thick slices of avocado and leafy greens. Creamy, spicy secret sauce is in there too. All wrapped in a giant tortilla or lavash wrap. Flavor, flavor, flavor..! Tempeh is one of my go-to vegan proteins. Wine Braised Artichokes with Cashew Mandarin Tarragon Aioli. If I had to eat one vegetable for the rest of my life, it would be artichokes. No hesitation. Over the next year, I’m partnering with Safeway for a Farm to Fork blogger tour to learn about their specialty Northern California based vendors, and when they told me our first stop was an artichoke farm, I may have squealed.

The Most Amazing Roasted Artichokes. Yam Leaves, Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Leaves. This is not just a post about how to stir-fry yet another leafy green vegetable. Instead, I want to bring awareness to an amazing yet humble vegetable––sweet yam leaves. Sweet yam leaves, or sweet potato leaves, have a long string of nicknames in other parts of the world. “The queen of vegetables!” “The longevity vegetable!” Butter Mushroom…Like Butter Chicken But Different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ – A Cozy Kitchen. Hi hi. Spinach with Raisins. Today's recipe is a classic side dish for spinach, so simple it barely needs a recipe. But sometimes, those are the BEST recipes to have in your mind. Roasted Corn with Garlic Herb Buttery Spread.

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Brummel & Brown. As always, I only partner with brands that I love and truly believe in, allowing me to create more quick and easy recipes to get us through the week without breaking the bank. BBQ Tempeh Avocado Sandwich. This morning, our building's fire alarm (falsely) went off at 3:30AM. Hi. Normally, I would glide back to sleep, but not today. How to Make Artichokes Like the Spanish. 32 Ways to Make the Most of Artichoke Season. Buttery Braised Leeks with a Crispy Panko Topping Recipe on Food52. Cooking is more fun with friends. Find your friends who are already on Food52, and invite others who aren't to join. Smoky Tempeh Burrito Bowls. Corn and Red Pepper Burgers. Greek Veggie Burgers. Mexican Corn Dip. Oh So Corny! 5 Glorious Corn Recipes — Oh So Corny! 5 Things You've Probably Never Done with an Avocado (but Should) — Snacks with a Purpose.

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Parmesan Leek Gratin Recipe - Magnus Nilsson. Easy Yu Choy Recipe. Grilled Garlic Artichokes Recipe. Charred Carrots with Herbs - What's Gaby Cooking. Free-Form Autumn Vegetable Tart with Bacon Marmalade Recipe - Timothy Hollingsworth. Chickpea Shawarma Sandwich. Friday Faves and Smokey Corn with Bacon. Bryant Terry's Curried Corn and Coconut Rice — An Afro-Asian 4th of July. Roasted Curry Potatoes with Greek Yogurt Sauce. 28 Ways To Make New Potatoes. Cooking Recipes. Green Chili Veggie Burgers. Greek Yogurt Coleslaw. Easy Creamed Corn. Food52. Food52. Butter Dipped Radishes. Easy Ranch Baby Carrots. BBQ Jackfruit Sandwiches. Banh Mi Spring Rolls. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. Balsamic-Roasted Shallots recipe on Food52.com. Don't Eat Another Bad Veggie Burger, Upgrade It (PHOTOS)

Nacho Taters. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. Coconut Oil Roasted Sweet Potatoes. Spices Optional. Turmeric Falafel + Harissa Tahini. Sweet Potato Black Bean Burger. The Jerusalem Artichoke (Or Sunchoke) Is The Fugly Vegetable You Should Be Eating. Stewed Carrots Are the New Pulled Pork — Old Ingredient, New Trick. One-Pot Baked Mushroom and Herb Risotto Recipe : Cooking.com Recipes. Top Ten Recipes for Garlic Lovers. Creamy Chipotle Sweet Potatoes Recipe : Cooking.com Recipes. Hasselback Sweet Potatoes — Side Dish Recipes from The Kitchn. 15 Mouth-Watering Recipes with Baked Potatoes. Roasted Sweet Potato and Apple with Pearl Onions and Crispy Sage recipe on Food52.com. Wonder Fries recipe on Food52.com. Homemade Pickled Vegetables. What to Do with an Overload of Garlic Scapes. Confetti Cucumber Salsa Recipe. Grilled Potato Packets Recipe at Cooking. Pecan & Mushroom Burgers Recipe at Cooking.

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