It used to be that you could only buy Gai Lan at specialty or Asian supermarkets but recently I have found it at my local supermarket....

I recently read a recipe for melting potatoes which sounded fabulous. When the recipe mentioned using potatoes that were good for mashing...

This is one of those easy salads that look and taste more complicated than they are - always favorite dishes of mine. It is also highly...

Blurry photo of really good alternative fries. The roasting removed some of the vegetable's "harsher edges" and the daikon batons...

Your Brussels sprouts do not have to be purple, these just happened to show up in my CSA box, but you do have to make this dish. They are...

This is one of my go-tos when I want some bright greens - to cut the fat in a dinner, have a fridge full of greens that I need to cook...

I have had Jerusalem artichoke soup in the past and always thought "meh" so wasn't so enthusiastic about getting a huge bag of them in my...

Most sweet and sour red cabbage recipes on the Internet seem to contain bacon, apple, white onion and a mix of brown sugar and red wine...

This is a good side dish for grilled pork or veal as the sweetness of the parsnips and dates is a good foil to the richness of the meat....

The easiest recipe in the world, a good way to get kids to eat veggies and a great alternative for fries. It is so simple that there...

L. loves arugula so I serve it in salad form fairly often. I also like to quickly wilt it in the residual heat from cooking meat and...

It always seems a shame not to use the space in the pan under a roast, and not to use that amount of oven heat for more than just one...

I love crispy potatoes but have found that they are much harder to get right than one would expect. Ideally the end result is creamy in...

These were a revelation. I love grits - and recently had the best grits of my life in a Baltimore diner - but, having come across millet...

This is one of the simplest, most delicious side dishes that you can get your hands on. You can blitz it into a smooth and elegant purée...

L. is not a fan of lentils, labeling them boring and uninteresting. I miss them and have been wanting to reintroduce them. I thought that...

I was not a huge fan of succotash growing up because texturally the traditional lima beans did not agree with me. There is a mushiness to...

I don't particularly like cauliflower so, when I started craving it, I decided to listen to my body rather than to the demands of...

I served baby turnips a few weeks ago and, as soon as he saw them on the plate, L. mentioned that he disliked turnips. My mother and I...

Okra is one of those vegetables that one either loves or hates; I have yet to meet someone who was indifferent to its particular texture....

I served this with ribs (see photo number 2) but it is a good base recipe to have when you are craving greens in your diet. My great aunt...

I've made a variation of this before but, because mackerel is such a strong presence in a dish, I amped up the flavor in this version of...

This is an easy salad to assemble. All it requires is opening some cans and a tiny bit of mincing and pulsing. The delicate issue is...

Sunday is now the day when I put together our meal with what I have to hand; a small challenge that I have set myself for my own...