Miso-Ginger Cucumber Salad

Miso-Ginger Cucumber Salad

This bright, crunchy salad is the perfect side dish for soy-marinated grilled flank steak and it keeps well in the fridge for a quick lunch option.

Roasted Eggplant Tahini Dip (Baba Ganoush)

Roasted Eggplant Tahini Dip (Baba Ganoush)

A few months ago my doctor put me on a low FODMAP diet for a few weeks. It was a pretty restrictive diet and, unfortunately, those few weeks included the Super Bowl. We were hosting a party and had asked all our guests to bring 

Charred Cauliflower Tacos

Charred Cauliflower Tacos

In February I taught a cooking class on weeknight meals and batch cooking for The Wonder Women Project, a fabulous group of women in NYC who get together for workshops on wide-ranging topics, as well as events that are simply for fun. Spending the afternoon 

Quick Pickled Red Onions

Quick Pickled Red Onions

I credit the queen, Deb Perelman, for creating my pickled red onion obsession. She uses them here and there when a dish needs a punch of sour and brightness. This is my favorite version for tacos or anything Tex-Mex. The little bit of jalapeño gives 

Red Lentil Daal

Red Lentil Daal

I love dried beans – they’re cheap, easy to store and have such a great texture. But they have one major downside and that’s cook time. Unless you have a pressure cooker, they take several hours to soak and then cook – not exactly weeknight 

Kale-Walnut Pesto

Kale-Walnut Pesto

Recently I taught a series of cooking classes to a group of teenage girls at my town’s YWCA. For our final class, the girls asked me to teach them to make pasta and lasagna was their main request. Nothing against classic lasagna, but often I