Main Course Recipes
The main course recipes you see here include fantastic vegetarian, vegan, pasta, and hearty salad ideas. There are lots of whole food plant based optiona, and tons of beautiful soups as well. You’ll notice an abundance of weeknight friendly options sprinkled with a few weekend recipes here and there. Enjoy!
Baked Pasta
This baked pasta is a cold-weather crowd-pleaser made of alternating layers of broken farro pasta, sliced potatoes, two cheeses, and mustardy shredded cabbage. It’s the sort of thing you can prep a day or two ahead of time, and bake when convenient.
Walnut Miso Noodles
A hearty noodle bowl recipe. Whole grain noodles and asparagus are tossed with a creamy, walnut-miso dressing plus a dollop of chile paste.
Roasted Delicata Squash
One of the best ways to make roasted delicata squash, inspired by my friend Molly Watson. This recipe uses the pretty, scalloped-edged cross-cuts of the delicata squash, a few small potatoes, chopped kale, radishes, almonds and a bold miso harissa dressing.
Baked Ziti
This baked ziti uses ricotta, mozzarella, and creme fraîche to make a bubbly, rich pasta with a hearty, spinach-flecked red sauce loaded with flavor. The creme fraîche keeps things silky, adds dimension, and is a game changer. A family favorite that freezes well and happily feeds a crowd.
Orzo Pasta with Roasted Vegetables
Orzo pasta provides the foundation here for an easy weeknight meal. Roasted delicata squash and kale are tossed with the pasta & salted yogurt. Super easy, so tasty. Also great with other pasta shapes!
Pan-Fried Beans with Kale
Golden crusted pan-fried beans are made extra special by loading them up with kale, Parmesan, lemon, walnuts, and nutmeg. So many great variations in the comments as well!
Summer Toast
Good bread slathered with a veggie-packed garlic yogurt and finished with a few high impact toppings. If you keep the yogurt on hand, it’s an excellent five minute lunch.
Niçoise Salad
Everyone can find ingredients to love In this vegetarian take on Niçoise Salad! Beans and artichokes take the place of tuna (or anchovies) here alongside tender potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, and green beans.
Rice Pilaf
An all-star, homemade rice pilaf focused on building flavor throughout the cooking process. This one is made with butter, basmati, toasted nuts, caramelized onions and fragrant spices. One pot, so good.
Iced Sesame Noodles
Iced sesame noodles have become a thing in our house in recent years. Cold noodles plus a creamy sesame sauce and a line up of great toppings equals custom bowls everyone loves!
