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Canned chickpeas are great, especially when served with a side of comfy pants and Law & Order SVU.

When BA's Andrew Knowlton puts his daughters to work in the kitchen, the result is veg-packed summer rolls that turn dinner into an art project.

Feel free to use any of the leafy greens listed here, but dandelion is ideal for its spicy, sturdy leaves.

Oh, the inherent stress in choosing the perfect avocado. The “ready to eat” ones can go from ripe to rotten quickly, so buy uniformly firm Hass avocados instead. Let them sit at room temperature until they have a slight give, usually a day or two (plan ahead!). This goes great with quesadillas, grilled snapper, and pork.

You can substitute any crisp vegetables and small pieces of protein, just make sure not to overstuff or the wrappers will split.

Cerignola and Castelvetrano olives are big, briny, meaty, and sweet. If unavailable, use other types, or simplify with just one.

Make sure to cut the onions and peppers into big pieces so that they don’t fall through the grill grates.

A perfect cube is not essential, but try to get the lamb into roughly the same size pieces so they cook at the same rate.

Not to break your heart or anything, but good luck finding Toma, a cow’s-milk cheese. We didn’t just go rogue: Chef Cámara okayed the cheddar substitute.

Be patient with these; they need to stay over indirect heat the whole time to minimize flare-ups. If you try to rush them, they’ll burn to a crisp.

This is weeknight cooking at its best.

Let the tempeh marinate all morning, then put the dish together for lunch. This recipe is part of our lunch for a week series. Check out the rest for the remaining days.

Egg salad toast is the perfect vehicle for your leftover roasted veg.

What says it's finally spring more than crunchy sugar snap peas, bright red radishes, fresh scallions topped on tiny fried toasts, and mint leaves in a sweet granita?

This dressing is also great as a dip, and most of the vegetables listed here can be left in bigger pieces and treated as crudités instead.

These will be sweet and chewy when done and are the perfect decorations for BA's Best Carrot Cake Recipe.

A cooling and crunchy green version of the typical tomato-based salsa.

“The warmness of the brown butter balances the brininess of seafood,” says Vivian Howard.

There’s a simple structure behind all sours, a family of citrus-based cocktails.

We’re just obsessed with using asparagus as a condiment! Try sprinkling this crunchy mix over eggs or tossing it into pasta.

It's official: Spring has arrived, and these recipes are here to prove it.

A photo editor shares the super simple dish that quells her Cuban food cravings every time.

A little weekend planning is the key to a workday lunch you'll actually be excited to eat.

For soup in a hurry, this spin on Italian meatball with a few clever shortcuts (hi, storebought sausage) delivers every time.