Recipes By Martha Rose Shulman
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Mushroom and Greens Gratin
Casseroles need not contain eggs or dairy products. And baked beans, exceptionally creamy after their long simmer in the oven, can be made into perfect vegan fare. Add vegetables of your choice and you’ll have a perfect one-dish meal. This savory gratin is a regular item in my winter repertory. Those one-pound bags of sturdy greens, sold in my market as “Southern greens mix,” are a winter godsend. All the time-consuming work has been done, and the rest can be accomplished while the blanching water comes to a boil.
Provençal Tomato and Bean Gratin
This is a comforting Mediterranean version of baked beans. You can halve these quantities if you want a smaller amount to serve your family.
Summer Tomato Gratin
When you bake tomatoes for a very long time, as you do here, they become quite sweet.
Orecchiette With Fresh and Dried Beans and Tomatoes
Once the beans are done, this pasta dish takes only 15 minutes. Orecchiette is a great pasta to use with beans, which lodge in the hollows of the little ears. I used lush Good Mother Stallard beans, an heirloom bean that I ordered from Rancho Gordo for this dish, but you can substitute supermarket pinto or borlottis. Cook them simply and use some of the broth for the sauce. If you have marinara sauce on hand you can use that; otherwise take advantage of the tomatoes arriving in farmers’ markets and your garden, and chop up a few of them. No need to cook them if you don’t want to.
Sweet and Sour Cabbage with Tofu and Grains
You can use regular green cabbage for this slightly spicy, sweet and sour stir-fry, or you can use Napa Cabbage. I like to serve the dish with bulgur, but you could also serve it with rice, noodles, or any other grain.
Spaghetti With Roasted Cauliflower, Tomato Sauce and Olives
Perhaps because cauliflower is on the bland side and Mediterranean black olives have such a pronounced flavor, the two go beautifully together. In Italy, Greece and in North Africa, you find the triumvirate of cauliflower, tomatoes and olives in all sorts of dishes.
Andean Bean Stew with Winter Squash and Quinoa
This savory, filling pot of beans is inspired by a Chilean bean stew. I’ve substituted quinoa for the corn that the authentic version calls for. Make it a day ahead for the best flavor.
Moroccan Cooked Carrot Salad
There are many versions of this cooked carrot salad throughout the Middle East and North Africa. This one, seasoned with lemon juice, cumin, garlic and olive oil, is always a crowd pleaser.
Bulgur and Squash Kefteh
This mixture can be formed into patties, but it is just as wonderful and a lot easier to spread in a baking dish, served by the spoonful.
Risotto With Spring Carrots and Leeks
You can get carrots and leeks year ‘round in the supermarket. In the spring, though, new carrots and leeks, fresh and sweet, come to farmers’ markets, and they’re perfect for this risotto.
Shells With Summer Squash, Corn, Beans and Tomato
You can use canned beans for this dish, but if you happen to have cooked pintos or borlottis in broth, use the broth for the pasta sauce.
Swiss Chard and Red Pepper Gratin
The seasons for red peppers and Swiss chard overlap, with the chard beginning to come in while peppers are still piled high in farmers’ market stalls. The two look beautiful side by side in the market and on the plate.
Soft Black Bean Tacos
These tacos are a beautiful way to serve black beans, which contain at least eight different flavonoids — phytonutrients with anti-oxidant properties. One caution, though: canned beans may contain high levels of sodium, which usually can be reduced by rinsing the beans in water. These black beans can't be rinsed, of course, and in fact will be reduced. Avoid the temptation to add salt to this recipe.
Swiss Chard Stalk and Tahini Dip
If you are making a Swiss chard dish and don’t know what to do with the stems, save them for this luscious and ingenious Middle Eastern appetizer. Serve it with warm Arabic bread.
Carrot and Leek Frittata With Tarragon
Tarragon enhances the sweetness of the carrots and leeks in this bright frittata.
Sweet Peppers Conserved in Oil
Roasted peppers always look beautiful in a jar of olive oil. Feel free to add other herbs, like oregano or basil, to the mix.
Quince Compote
Quince is a fruit that grows abundantly throughout the Mediterranean. Though it’s too hard and tart to bite into, it has a wonderful perfume. I like to combine it with apples in this simple compote.
Stewed Peppers with Tomatoes, Onions and Garlic
There are variations of this dish throughout the Mediterranean. The Basque piperade, made with slender, slightly piquant peppers called piments d’espelette and stirred into scrambled eggs along with bayonne ham, has some heat; whereas Italian peperonata is sweet through and through. A North African version, chakchouka, is spiced with fiery harissa and a spice blend made with caraway and coriander, cayenne and garlic, and is usually served with eggs poached right on top of the stew. See the variations below.
Stuffed Peppers With Red Rice, Chard and Feta
This filling of red rice, greens and feta, seasoned with fresh mint, is hearty and works very nicely with red peppers. Once your rice is cooked and greens are blanched it’s easily thrown together.
Grapefruit and Navel Orange Gratin
This winter dessert is adapted from a recipe from the French chef Olympe Versini's cookbook, "Olympe." The creamy custard that naps the fruit is made with orange and grapefruit juice instead of milk (with a small amount of crème fraîche thrown in). Since oranges vary in size, I’m giving you a weight rather than a number. You may not use the whole amount but I’m sure you’ll find a way to enjoy any leftover oranges. I used about eight small Valencia oranges in all for this but they were about a third as heavy – though juicer -- as big navel oranges.
Mushroom Melt With Parsley Pesto, Kale and Arugula
A vegetarian sandwich that is light on the melt and generous with the greens. This vegetarian sandwich can be made in the oven, a toaster or in a panini grill. I use the toaster.
Sautéed Summer Squash with Red Pepper and Onion
This is the time of year when, no matter what part of the country you live in, tables at farmers’ markets are piled high with summer squash, mounds of it: yellow, light green and dark, round and long. This is a vegetable that expresses itself well in a wide range of dishes; just about every cuisine in the world knows how to show it off. It's an excellent low-calorie food, with only 19 calories per cup of raw squash. This dish is great on its own as a side dish, but it can also be incorporated into many other recipes.
Risotto With Broccoli
Sometimes I get bored with broccoli — but then I use it in a risotto, and it’s like a completely new vegetable. The diced stems retain a nice texture that contrasts with the tender flowers. Make sure to slice the flowers thin for the most delicate results.
Andalusian Cabbage Stew
This simple Spanish stew is spiked with a splash of sherry vinegar as you finish cooking it. Serve the stew as a side dish or as a main dish with rice.