Side Dish

Fermented foods are good for the gut. Larry likes kimchi, so he decided to try to make it. He wanted it to be vegan, so used miso instead of shrimp powder. It turned out well!

Our friend Elsa has a bounty of collard greens, and invited us over to harvest. I got an Ethiopian cookbook called Teff Love a few years ago, and haven’t used it yet; Ethiopian collards (called...

Marina shared a recipe for Cauliflower Salad Sandwiches from the New York Times; delicious! If you make sandwiches, a roll handy to keep everything in place, since it’s a bit chunky....

Cyndy made this delish salad for us when we visited a few days ago, along with her wild rice salad. This recipe is super fast if you buy pre-cooked beats, which we get at Trader Joes. Trader Joes also...

We discovered mujadara at a middle eastern cafe, Zadna, as the tasty base for a hearty mediterranean veggie falafel bowl. Essentially, mujadara is cooked grains + lentils + onion with spices, making...

Munira is visiting from Texas, yay! We biked over with some fig banana bread, and she treated us to an impromptu, delicious dinner of her lentil dosa and secret gobi. I thought dosa was super hard to...

Growing up, Larry’s family had a tradition of eating applesauce at most meals. Since we’ve started doing weekly zoom dinners with his family, they decided everyone should always have...

Jeff made some delicious sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving in Nebraska. We ate them so fast that a couple days later I asked him to help me make them again, and I took pictures. I made them again for...

We’ve had some really good buffalo cauliflower at Vegenation in Las Vegas, and I finally got around to trying to make it. It was tasty! Here’s what a did - which is a combination of a...

Shelley followed up the wonderful mango guacamole with a fresh pea soup and this fantastic masala lentil salad, which is pretty easy to make if you buy the lentils & arugula ready to eat at trader...

This cashew cream potato salad is delicious, but I wanted to try a not-creamy potato salad. I found a Roasted Garlic Potato Salad from Oh She Glows that looked easy and worth trying. I don’t...

Our wonderful neighbors gave us two 5-lb bags of carrots after an online order snafu. So I pulled out the carrot recipes! I made my carrot soup, cut up a lot of carrots to eat with hummus, and made...

From Isa Does It, with a few adaptations to replace the coconut oil and applesauce with coconut yogurt, and reduce the sugar a little (it’s plenty sweet). And it’s a good opportunity to...

Adapted from Chloe’s Kitchen, a simple delicious dish. Ingredients 3 large yams, peeled, cut, roasted in oven 1/2 can lite coconut milk 1 T maple syrup 1 t salt 1/2 t cinnamon 1/2 t cloves 1/2 t...

Judi made so many delicious things for Thanksgiving this year, including these slightly sweet and spicy brussels sprouts. Yum! Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs Brussels sprouts 1/2 cup oil 1/4 cup rice vinegar...

Munira’s family gave us some sauteed mung bean sprouts last year, and they were such a treat; nutty and yummy. And, it turns out, pretty easy to make. I bought some mung bean seeds and a...

Larry’s sister Cyndy made this for us a decade or more ago, and then made it again for Thanksgiving this year, which reminded me how delicious it is! Ingredients 1 C wild rice, dry 1 C chopped...

This potato dish is adapted from a recipe in The Indian Vegetarian cookbook by Neelam Batra, who also has a web site, Neelam’s California Indian Cuisine. Thanks to my friend Munira for...

A colleague of Larry’s made this for a party at Pivotal about 3 weeks ago. So easy to make, and really good! The fresh tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and lemon really make it. I took it to our...

Our friend Arul made this for us one night, and I loved it. And it’s so easy to make. Thanks, Arul! January 2025 update: Laurie roasted cauliflower for us and served it with a peanut dressing....

Mashed cauliflower and potatoes are delicious and even healthier than potatoes-only. I steam the cauliflower and potatoes in batches in the microwave using a microwave steamer, and toss them in a big...

A delicious vegan potato salad. Fools the omnivores! Can make it the day before a summer bbq. Adapted from epicurious recipe, and uses cashew mayo. Ingredients 3 pounds baby red potatoes 3 tablespoons...

An alternative to the fresh blueberry kale salad that is also amazing––maybe more so, with the candied walnuts. This is adapted from Oh She Glows Best Shredded Kale Saladto use candied walnuts instead...

The avocado in the dressing makes this, as does massaging the dressing into the kale for a few minutes to soften the leaves. I got this idea from Judy Stern in May 2014. I had tried to make kale...