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Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice With Saffron) 
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Mar 14, 2025

Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice With Saffron) 

Sabzi polo is an essential part of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, symbolizing renewal and prosperity with its vibrant mix of fresh herbs. This fragrant, fluffy rice dish is traditionally served with fish, honoring an age-old custom that ties the holiday to themes of abundance and good fortune. The combination of dill, cilantro and parsley infuses the rice with a bright, earthy aroma, while saffron lends a deep golden hue. One of the most treasured parts of sabzi polo is the tahdig, a golden, crispy layer at the bottom of the pot. In this version, tender lettuce leaves create a unique variation of tahdig. To ensure the tahdig releases beautifully, use a nonstick pot. Serve this alongside mast-o-khiar, a cucumber-yogurt sauce, which can be spooned over the rice or used as a dip for the crispy tahdig.

1h6 servings
Sweet, Crunchy Carrot Salad
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Mar 13, 2025

Sweet, Crunchy Carrot Salad

This delightfully crunchy side salad features crisp shredded carrots, plump raisins, and pistachios, all tossed with a creamy citrusy dressing.

25m4
Cabbage Steaks
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Mar 13, 2025

Cabbage Steaks

Tender and crisp cabbage “steaks” are indeed vegetarian, similar to cauliflower steaks, but achieve remarkable complexity from the way they are sliced into thick planks and roasted, which chars the outer edges and makes the inner leaves rippled and buttery for a balance of textures. The key is using plenty of olive oil: Some gets blended with spices and brushed all over the steaks, and even more is drizzled on top just before roasting. Serve these cabbage steaks as a simple side with a sprinkle of dill, alongside a pile of pierogi, a spatchcocked chicken or roasted salmon, or serve them as a main, with a spoonful of romesco and some fresh bread.

1h4 to 6 servings
Baked Sweet Potato With Blue Cheese and Bacon
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Mar 12, 2025

Baked Sweet Potato With Blue Cheese and Bacon

Give sweet potatoes the steakhouse wedge salad treatment in this comforting dinner for one. Sweet potato halves roast until silky and caramelized alongside strips of bacon, whose crisp texture and smoky flavor accentuate a creamy blue cheese butter. Chopped walnuts provide additional crunch, while lemon and chives brighten it all up. This recipe can easily be scaled up to feed a crowd, or even popped into a toaster oven for a party of one.

30m1 serving
Cucumber-Cabbage Salad With Sesame
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Mar 12, 2025

Cucumber-Cabbage Salad With Sesame

Taking cues from Vietnamese flavors, this colorful salad can be served on its own or be a fine accompaniment to roast chicken, grilled meat or fish. The dressing, a zippy mixture of garlic, ginger, sesame oil, fish sauce, lime juice and jalapeño, makes sure the vegetables shine. Ordinary cabbage will work fine, but if you can find napa cabbage, so much the better.

35m4 to 6 servings
Colcannon (Irish Mashed Potatoes With Cabbage)
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Mar 11, 2025

Colcannon (Irish Mashed Potatoes With Cabbage)

An Irish favorite, colcannon combines potatoes and simmered greens into a hearty mash.

40m8
Colcannon (Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage)
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Mar 11, 2025

Colcannon (Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage)

Colcannon is a comforting Irish dish of fluffy mashed potatoes mixed with tender cabbage or kale, often with scallions and usually with plenty of butter. While it has become a tradition to enjoy colcannon on Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival from which Halloween is drawn, it's also a fine dish to celebrate any Irish holiday, including St. Patrick's Day. For Samhain, treasures would be buried in the dish; depending on what you found in your portion, your fortune for the coming months would be revealed. In some cases, a ring suggested marriage, while a coin promised future wealth. Use russet potatoes for a fluffier mash or Yukons for a creamier texture. Omit the cabbage and kale entirely and you've got a different Irish classic: champ! Fry tablespoons of leftover colcannon the next day for wonderful potato pancakes to serve under a runny egg.

50m4 to 6 servings
Rumbledethumps (Potato Mash With Cabbage and Cheddar)
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Mar 6, 2025

Rumbledethumps (Potato Mash With Cabbage and Cheddar)

A traditional Scottish potato-cabbage mash, rumbledethumps is named for the sound a spoon makes as it rattles along the sides of the pot as you mash all of the ingredients together. This version is adapted from Ali Stoner (or “Roving Haggis” as she is known on Instagram and YouTube), who updates traditional Scottish recipes for the modern palate. She takes a few liberties, replacing cabbage with brussels sprouts and boosting flavor and texture with caramelized onions, fresh chives, punchy mustard and a crunchy panko topping. This humble mash invites variation, whether you prefer it chunky, creamy or topped with extra cheese and cream. It is complex enough to stand alone, with a sharp green salad, but it also pairs well with beef tenderloin, a simple roast chicken or a good pot of beans.

1h 30m4 to 6 servings
Fried Cabbage 
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Mar 6, 2025

Fried Cabbage 

Southern fried cabbage smartly marries lean cabbage with pork in the form of rich, meaty bacon. First, you chop bacon into small pieces and cook until crispy. Next, the cabbage cooks right in the bacon fat with onion and garlic, quickly soaking up tons of smoky flavor. Covering the cabbage as it cooks helps it soften quickly and evenly, achieving a uniquely silky texture. A touch of stone-ground mustard gives a tangy lift. This easy side pairs well with roasted chicken, fried chicken, pork chops and grilled sausages.

30m4 servings
Potato Wedges
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Mar 5, 2025

Potato Wedges

These oven fries are a deeply satisfying and nostalgic side dish that comes together with ease any night of the week. Seasoning the wedges with spices, grated Parmesan and garlic, and roasting them with more freshly grated cheese on top, ensures plenty of flavor in every bite. Soaking the cut potatoes in cold water before baking releases extra starch which leads to crispier outsides and creamier insides. Equally essential to that textural contrast is drying the potatoes fully before seasoning and baking them. Enjoy as-is, or serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

1h 5m6 servings
Little Gem Salad With Crispy Halloumi
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Mar 4, 2025

Little Gem Salad With Crispy Halloumi

Meet halloumi crumbs, a best-of-all-worlds garnish for salads, pastas and more. They’re crisp like toasted breadcrumbs, salty like Parmesan and still maintain some of halloumi’s signature chew. To make the crumbs, grate the sturdy cheese on the large holes of a box grater, then sizzle the strands in an oiled skillet. Here, pistachios and whole spices, like fennel or coriander seeds, are also added for a boost of flavor and even more textures. Even the simplest salad of crunchy, lemon-dressed lettuces can wow when these crumbs are showered on top. To make it a meal, serve it with roasted root vegetables, lentil soup or a grilled or roasted protein.

20m4 servings
Cauliflower Satay
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Mar 4, 2025

Cauliflower Satay

In this party-friendly appetizer, roasted cauliflower is paired with a shortcut version of the rich, creamy coconut and peanut butter satay sauce often served with chicken. To coax out deep, nutty flavor from the cauliflower, first roast it simply slicked with oil to help it caramelize, then coat it in a blended mixture of coconut milk, shallots, lemongrass and spices to bump up moisture and flavor and roast until tender. While your cauliflower roasts, you’ll prepare a supersimple peanut sauce by simmering coconut milk with red curry paste and peanut butter. (The salt and heat levels in store-bought curry pastes vary widely, so season your satay sauce accordingly.) Intended as an appetizer, this recipe is hearty enough to work as a main course when served with rice, but also pairs well with crispy or grilled tofu, grilled chicken or steamed vegetables, and can dazzle as the centerpiece for a main-course salad.

1h4 appetizer servings or 2 main-course servings
Skillet Cornbread
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Mar 4, 2025

Skillet Cornbread

This cornbread recipe from photographer, documentarian and writer Pableaux Johnson is a simple and rustic standard. Baked in a hot skillet to encourage crispy edges and a substantially toasty bottom, cornbread is traditional to many regions in the South. This recipe was passed down by Mr. Johnson’s grandfather, Achille Leon Hebert from Baton Rouge, La., and it was served every Monday at Mr. Johnson’s legendary red beans and rice community table at his home in New Orleans. It traveled with him across the country on his Red Beans Roadshow, where he collaborated with local chefs and served dozens of communities over the span of almost a decade.

40m1 (9- or 10-inch) cornbread (8 to 12 servings)
Tod Man Khao Pod (Thai Corn Fritters)
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Mar 1, 2025

Tod Man Khao Pod (Thai Corn Fritters)

With crispy edges and a chewy interior, these sweet and slightly spicy fresh corn fritters are the perfect easy party appetizer.

20m30
Easy, Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Knots
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Feb 28, 2025

Easy, Cheesy Pull-Apart Garlic Knots

Garlicky, cheesy, and slathered in butter, these easy pull-apart garlic knots take just minutes to assemble, and are miles better than most pizzeria versions.

2h 20m10
Cheesy Breadsticks
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Feb 27, 2025

Cheesy Breadsticks

While cheesy breadsticks made with pizza dough are a classic appetizer at pizza chains, making them at home doesn’t require much effort — and guarantees you can enjoy them when the cheese is as ooey-gooey as can be. These are baked in a metal pan to ensure a soft interior with a crisp crust. They’re topped with a swipe of garlic-herb butter and a shower of mozzarella and Parmesan for a thick layer of melted cheese in every bite. For that true pizzeria experience, be sure to dip your breadsticks in marinara, ranch or a combination of the two.

40mAbout 24 breadsticks
Taiwanese Braising Liquid
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Feb 26, 2025

Taiwanese Braising Liquid

In Taiwan, this flavorful stock of soy sauce, Chinese spices, and sugar is used over and over again to braise meats and vegetables.

6h 45m6
Roasted Kabocha Squash
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Feb 18, 2025

Roasted Kabocha Squash

Naturally sweet kabocha squash takes on a caramelized richness when brushed with maple syrup and coconut oil and roasted. The flavorful dish is equally at home alongside a holiday roast, on a bed of whipped ricotta or atop a grain bowl. Coconut oil works exceptionally well here, adding a subtle nuttiness and sweetness that other oils lack, though vegetable oil will work too. Best of all, the kabocha skin is edible so no peeling required. Don’t forget to save those seeds for roasting.

1h4 to 8 servings
Creamy Cauliflower-Cashew Soup
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Feb 18, 2025

Creamy Cauliflower-Cashew Soup

Creamy and comforting, this cauliflower soup happens to be vegan, and takes its silky texture from being simmered and thickened with roasted cashews. The nuttiness of the cauliflower and the cashews is balanced by the addition of a tart apple. The preferred thickness of creamed soups varies, so if the soup feels too thick, just adjust it to your ideal level of creaminess, adding more stock or water — and an additional sprinkle of salt — as needed.

1h 10m6 servings
Roasted Spiced Squash With Whipped Feta and Pistachios
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Feb 13, 2025

Roasted Spiced Squash With Whipped Feta and Pistachios

Sweet and nutty, squash never fails to bring quiet luxury to the plate. Here, a generous dusting of cumin and coriander accentuates its earthiness and tempers its sweetness. (The cumin and coriander could easily be replaced with a spice blend like ras el hanout, baharat, garam masala or five-spice powder). Thin-skinned varieties of squash such as butternut, honey nut or delicata are easy to prepare (as they need no peeling), and the skin adds an essential textural bite to this dish. The velvety whipped feta is adaptable and versatile; you can add a handful of herbs to inject some color or drizzle in a tablespoon or two of olive oil for a richer finish. For an even heartier dish, roast some chickpeas alongside the squash. Have some bread or flatbread on hand to mop up the whipped feta.

50m4 servings
Fondant Potatoes
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Feb 5, 2025

Fondant Potatoes

In this classic French restaurant dish, Yukon Gold potatoes are given the steak treatment: Seared in a hot pan, basted and then baked, they become creamy and fall-apart tender. (The name, fondant, refers to the French word for melting). To achieve their signature cylindrical shape, you can use a round cookie or biscuit cutter, or a paring knife, to shave down the sides of the potato. Choosing potatoes that are long and tube-like, rather than round, will also help. But you can also feel free to skip this step; the potatoes won’t be strikingly uniform, but they will still be delicious! Serve alongside steak, or roast beef or chicken for a show-stopping and comforting dinner.

1h4 to 6 servings 
Arugula Salad With Radish, Fennel and Mustard
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Feb 5, 2025

Arugula Salad With Radish, Fennel and Mustard

This zesty arugula salad is a bold beginning to a meal. Use a sharp knife or mandoline to cut the watermelon radish and fennel bulb so they’re just shy of paper thin. When dressing the salad, try to bring some of those bright, colorful slices to the top for an especially attractive result.

35m4 to 6 servings
Easy Cooked Grains
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Feb 4, 2025

Easy Cooked Grains

If you can boil pasta, you can cook most any grain. While grains come in all shapes, sizes, hues and textures, they can all be cooked using the same straightforward method. For evenly cooked grains, just let them tumble in a saucepan of simmering, salted water until tender, then drain them of excess water. For a warm side, rest them in a covered pot. For separated grains to add to salads or bowls or refrigerate for the future, cool and dry them on a sheet pan before using. With such a simple, multipurpose method, the bouncy chew of barley, the springy pouf of quinoa, the bitter edge of buckwheat and the sour tang of rye berries can all easily be incorporated into your cooking routine.

1h2 to 3 cups, depending on grain type
Easy Garlic Naan
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Jan 31, 2025

Easy Garlic Naan

Tender naan with a crackling, thin, crisp crust is even better when studded with garlic and glazed with an aromatic garlic-butter mixture before serving. It complements most curries and soups and almost any meal.

1h 42m8,6 Naan