Vegetable

Use this hot sauce as a condiment or mix in additional aromatics like grated garlic and ginger to make a marinade for meat.

Prepare your pita chips.

Crushing and smashing green beans and cucumbers sounds crazy, but it creates nooks and crannies to soak up as much umami-rich miso sauce as possible. And this is a dressing you'll want a lot of.

Serve this tart and earthy chutney with grilled meats, samosas, or your favorite Indian curry.

A simple summer side dish that goes with everything you’re grilling.

A delicious alternative to chimichurri to go alongside your grilled steak (or whatever!).

The dry rub on these scallops can go on pretty much everything. (And you'll want it on pretty much everything).

A kicky chile-lime dressing wakes up your weeknight salmon.

While this cooling yogurt sauce recipe is welcome alongside spicy foods, it is also amazing slathered on flatbreads or spooned over basmati rice.

This toss-it-all-in-a-baking-dish chicken dinner is the hands-off summer recipe we all need.

Roasting the eggplants at a high heat will make the flesh very tender while making the skin a little crispy.

Lapsang, a black tea from China, may taste too strong and smoky when you sip it on its own, but it will mellow out as it marinates with the fish.

The origins of this recipe are incredibly simple—leftover rice with hot water, broth, or tea poured over. We started there, then kept going. All of the finishing touches (ginger, furikake, and nori) make this feel less like a snack and more like a balanced dish.

It's gluten-free and ready to party.

You deserve only the best, so throw your corn on the grill.

Food director Carla Lalli Music eats whatever's on her plate—because it's her job! Here's what she eats when she's off the clock.

Which, let's be honest, happens a lot

Mashing peas with the back of a spoon just won’t cut it. Think potato masher + elbow grease if you want to bring out their natural creaminess.

Hint: brown is better.

Our favorite new beauty products are made of vegetables—no surprise there.

Don't blame us when you're suddenly ordering bulk bags of Better Made rainbow chips after reading this.

The pupusa, a Salvadoran hand food, is way easier to make than you thought.

The chicken bouillon, though optional, adds a hint of umami and a richness that you won’t get otherwise.

Because nothing says "Thanks for raising me" like a whole roast chicken.