Side

This is not your average side dish recipe: The broccoli is slathered in a spiced yogurt sauce, then grilled for even more flavor.

No, you don’t have to tear the zucchini with your hands, but it makes for a cool presentation—and we all know it’s way more fun than using a knife.

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

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.

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

This chickpea flour “tofu” contains no soy but delivers a creamy-firm texture similar to tofu and is easy to pull off at home.

What makes this salad special is the miso ranch dressing and the pulverized nori.

Let’s not have a big fight about this: The MSG might not be essential, but just a tiny bit does magical things to these cukes.

The secret to flaky scallion pancakes isn’t a long ingredient list. It’s in the rolling and coiling, which takes practice.

The one-two punch of citrus zest and juice balances all that anchovy richness in our new favorite dressing for spring veg.

Simple steamed eggplant gets a makeover when it's fried and results in a crispy outside with a soft, custardy inside.

The sturdier your cress, the longer this salad will hold up at room temperature.

Savory fruit salads are officially a thing. (And, for the record, cucumber is a fruit.)

Make extra seasoned butter to eat with pasta, on crusty bread, or, as the name implies, with shellfish.

Green mangoes would be ideal, but slightly unripe mangoes are an imperfect but successful substitute.

If you opt for canned instead of dried beans in this recipe, they won’t be quite as creamy, but you’ll save yourself some time.

You can do the first fry ahead of time, then soak the plantains in garlic water, dry, and hold at room temperature until closer to mealtime.

Rhubarb’s signature tartness is actually brought down by pickling!

Okay, yes, you can omit the eau de vie in this cheesy loaf recipe. But it really echoes the flavor of fondue in an unexpected and playful way.

Also known as kremmudokeftedes.

A little bit of coconut oil make this curried hummus a complete dream.

Creamy avocado hummus, where have you been all our lives?

Harissa + hummus = heaven.

We call this a hand salad because lettuce and dip just doesn’t sound like nearly as much fun.