KALE SALAD WITH PECANS AND APPLES Kale seems like it’s too tough to serve raw, but when it’s dressed and massaged a bit (even just with wooden spoons while tossing with dressing), it becomes really tender and stands up well to nuts, fruit, and other salad additions...
KALE SALAD WITH ONION AND AVOCADO I had a salad similar to this one at a place called Oddfellows in Seattle—I had just landed; my friend Kristan picked me up, and we went right to lunch. I was starving and tired from the cross-country trip but so excited to be there...
KALE CHIPS Kale chips are really easy to make, and they’re perfect for when you buy a huge bag of kale at the store and then forget about it until it’s about to wilt and get soggy, so you have to use all of it at once (or is that just me?). You can make these spicy or...
KALE CHICKEN SALAD This recipe is inspired by a “sandwich” I once had at a Mediterranean restaurant in Charlotte. I ordered it without the bread because it sounded like it would be a really nice piece of lemon-oregano chicken, but what came out was a huge pile of...
GREEN SMOOTHIES I love having a smoothie for breakfast or a snack when it’s hot outside—especially if I’m starting to get sick of scrambled eggs, which I make for breakfast approximately every single morning. My favorite way to make a smoothie is with a really huge...
WHOLE ROASTED CAULIFLOWER Roasting a whole cauliflower is super easy and ends up looking somewhat impressive. It’s a really beautiful dish, and you can make it with as few as three ingredients: a head of cauliflower, olive oil or melted butter or ghee, and some salt....
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER WITH TOMATOES AND BASIL I think that roasting vegetables is probably the tastiest way to prepare any veggie, especially something kind of crunchy like cauliflower or broccoli. This recipe is a great side dish that you can customize with a bunch of...
PANTRY BASIC: NOT-SPINACH ARTICHOKE DIP My mom and I make this dip all the time—it was inspired by a recipe my friend Melissa used to make with hearts of palm, which was, in turn, inspired by a big ol’ charcuterie snack platter my mom made for us once, which just...
GENERAL TSO’S CAULIFLOWER Whether you participate in Meatless Mondays or just love Asian food (I’m the latter and not so much the former), this spicy-sweet Chinese takeout–inspired cauliflower is going to knock your socks off. At the risk of repeating myself, I love...
GARLIC-ROASTED MASHED CAULIFLOWER I really believe that you could make a great batch of mashed cauliflower and serve it to someone without mentioning what it is, and they would probably assume it was mashed potatoes—that’s how awesome cauliflower is. You can boil it...
