Deniz and I have always loved lentil soup. Before we met, each of us made it in our own way, […]
Vegetables
When Kelin first came to our home, she told us she didn’t like vegetables. Now, she repeatedly tells us she didn’t know that vegetables could taste so good. There’s definitely a skill to cooking vegetables to just the right crispiness/softness, and infusing them with complementary flavors. Check out our Vegetable Cooking Times page for tips and tricks to cook vegetables just right. Below are some of our favorite recipes that make good use of those tips and tricks, and marry spices and sauces in the cooking process to bring out maximum flavor.
Turkish Spinach Yogurt Dip (Ispanaklı Yoğurt Meze)
This is another of my favorite vegetarian Turkish meze dishes. Had it once in a Turkish restaurant in Tokyo and […]
Turkish Cauliflower Musakka with VegBeef
The word musakka almost always refers to eggplant musakka, at least where I came from. It was surprising to see […]
Moroccan Vegetable Tagine with Harissa Couscous
Deniz and I saw our tagine sitting on the shelf gathering dust this week and suddenly got a hankering for Moroccan […]
Indian Fusion Sweet Potato Cauliflower (Aloo Gobi)
Deniz and I love Aloo Gobi, so when we decided to make it this week, we were really excited. Now, normally we […]
Indian Grilled Eggplant Pâté (Baingan Bharta)
If you like mashed eggplant dishes like Baba Ganoosh, this dish is for you. It’s a tart Indian dish, packing in lots of […]
Thai Green Curry with Eggplant and Basil
This is the third in our Thai curry series, modified courtesy of Wei-Chuan, and our favorite. It has our two […]
Chinese Stir-Fried Choi Sum with Brown Sauce
As a little girl, I always dreaded dinner when my parents made stir-fried Chinese vegetables (except for kong shin tsai […]
Taiwanese Stir-fried Ong Choi (空心菜)
Ong Choi, or Kong Shin Tsai as it’s called in Taiwanese, is by far Deniz and my favorite vegetable. We […]
Sichuan Eggplant (魚香茄子)
Szechwan eggplant is one of our favorite dishes. Yum, yum, yum. We make huge batches of it so we can […]
Italian Eggplant Parmesan Lasagne
Eggplant Parmesan is my favorite Italian dish, but I don’t often make it since it’s labor intensive. But now that […]
Chinese Stir-Fried String Beans with VegSausage
Another great reciepe from Wei-Chuan, this one from the Chinese Cuisine Cooking Book by Huang Su Huei. We adapted it […]
Turkish Eggplant Shakshuka (Şakşuka)
One of the things I have done in the past that unintentionally impressed Delphine was to cook a vegetarian dish […]
Mango Kale Salad
As vegetarians we never wanted to be associated with salad and other raw greens. However, this does not mean we […]