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Mache and Endive Salad With Clementines and Walnuts
Mache, a delicate green with a mild, subtle flavor, packs quite a nutritional punch, as it is high in omega-3s (as are walnuts) and folic acid. The salad is simple to throw together, but its flavors are complex, with sweet juicy mandarin (or tangerine or clementine sections), crunchy bitter endive and walnuts, soft and almost sweet mache, and vibrant fresh herbs. The recipe will serve 4 to 6 but I admit to eating a good half of this salad when I tested it.
Vegetarian Dagwood
This sandwich takes advantage of late-summer’s bounty, with a pile of vegetables set between two layers of focaccia. It takes about half an hour to prepare. You’ll glaze some sliced onions with garlic, lemon and olive oil, chop and sauté the vegetables you happen to have on hand, and then layer it all with slices of your best tomatoes, some cheese and chopped olives. A smear of mayonnaise helps stick the whole thing together.
Brioche Apple Charlotte With Raspberry Sauce
Spinach Salad With Persimmons, Goat Cheese and Walnuts
I was never crazy about persimmons until I made this salad with the crunchy Fuyu variety. I love the contrast of sweet persimmons with earthy spinach.
Hanoi-Style Grilled Fish
Salmon and Asparagus Chinois
Focaccia With Vegetables And Parmigiano Reggiano
Torrijas
Mediterranean Artichoke and Fresh Fava Stew
Favas, artichokes, spring onions and green garlic are all fleetingly in season at the same time. Here’s a way to use them all together. This dish is based on a Greek olive oil recipe, meaning that the vegetables are traditionally stewed in two or three times as much oil as I use here. I substitute water for some of the oil.
Baked Polenta With Crispy Leeks and Blue Cheese
Baking polenta in the oven means you don’t have to stand over the pot, stirring the extremely hot, bubbling mass. Here, the polenta is cooked in stock for the deepest flavor. Then it’s topped with piquant crumbles of Gorgonzola dolce and crisp fried leeks, which add sweetness and crunch. You can serve this as a warming main course along with a crisp green salad, or as a rich and flavorful side dish to simple roasted meats or fish.
Chicken Liver Tacos With Rhubarb Salsa
Tart rhubarb meets earthy chicken livers in this unlikely savory pairing. The chicken livers cook quickly, in minutes, in fact. Keep an eye on them to make sure the insides stay pink, then tuck them into warm corn tortillas. Serve with a fresh red like a Lagrein to round out a sophisticated, bold meal you can make on a hot day or a weeknight when you’re looking to impress guests.
Fregola With Artichokes, Feta, Toasted Almonds and Herbs
Polenta al Forno With Spinach, Ricotta and Fontina
Lentils in Marinara
Ginger Carrot Soup
Baked Lentils With Goat Cheese
The French green Le Puy lentils are smaller and firmer than brown lentils, but have the same type of earthy flavor. They lend themselves to dishes where you want the lentils to stay intact like salads and sides. "Beluga lentils" will also work for this salad.
Wheatberry Salad With Rhubarb-Mint Dressing
Lentil Salad With Walnut Oil
This dish is inspired by a recipe from “The Paris Cookbook,” by Patricia Wells. I’d never thought about using walnut oil, which is high in omega-3 fats, with lentils. It’s a great combination. Be sure to keep walnut oil in the refrigerator once it’s opened.
Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins
Tomato Stracciatella
Stracciatella is like an Italian egg drop soup. This particular version is adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, "Cooking From an Italian Garden," by Jon Cohen and Paola Scaravelli. I’d never seen a stracciatella with tomatoes until I came across this recipe.
Shrimp and Spinach Soup With Roasted Garlic
Cucumber-and-Potato Soup
Rice Noodles With Stir-Fried Chicken, Turnips and Carrots
Turnips are a perfect winter vegetable for a hearty stir-fry.
Roasted Halibut and Potatoes With Rosemary
This is a great method for roasting any type of firm-fleshed fish fillet. The seasoning mimics one often used for pork chops, and all the cooking is done in the oven, except for the initial boiling of the potatoes. The result ticks all the boxes — it is easy to prepare; it uses a minimum of pots and pans; and most important, it is utterly delicious.