Vegetable
Gozleme With Spinach and Three Cheeses
These gozleme are stuffed with a mixture of three different cheeses to mimic the feta-like Turkish white cheese that’s often used for these flatbreads.
How to Make Crispy, Buttery Kulchas at Home—Without a Tandoor
Stuffed with chiles and garlic, these kulchas cook on the stovetop and turn crispy under the heat of the broiler.
Shrimp Scampi
Garlicky, buttery shrimp scampi is an Italian-American restaurant staple that takes little more than a skillet and 15 minutes of your time to make at home.
Sour Cream Thepla
Thepla is a quintessential Gujarati flatbread that goes with anything—mango lassi, a cup of chai, or achar for dipping.
Moldovan Breads With Cheese and Sorrel
The fillings for plachinda often include a salted fresh cheese, as well as spring onions and dill.
Plakopsy (Greek Flatbread With Cheese and Spring Onions)
This fried Greek bread—stuffed with feta and spring onions—can be filled with chopped herbs for extra flavor.
Stir-Fried Sesame Baby Bok Choy
In this bok choy recipe, you’ll stir fry the vegetables with soy sauce, ginger, and garlic, and drizzle with sesame oil.
Vegetarian Pad Thai
This vegetarian pad Thai gets its tangy-sweet flavor and flush of heat from a sauce made with tamarind pulp, soy sauce, brown sugar, and Sriracha.
Creamy Leek Soup
This creamy leek soup from Gourmet is velvety but not at all heavy. Serve it with a dollop of whipped cream on top.
Jarred Peppers and Olives Are My Weeknight Dinner Dream Team
Tossed with pasta or cooked into shrimp and rice, the sweet and briny pair make a killer sauce.
Lemony Risotto With Asparagus and Shrimp
Make this shrimp risotto for a weeknight dinner. With bright flavor from lemon zest and fresh asparagus, it’s an ideal meal for spring.
Turkey Meatloaf
Too many turkey meatloaf recipes have resulted in a dry, uninspiring dinner. But soaking breadcrumbs in milk prevents the meatloaf from drying out as it cooks.
Your Alliums Deserve a Garlic Keeper
Treat yourself (and your garlic).
Baked Rigatoni With Red Peppers and Green Olives
Build a sauce bulked up with jarred red peppers and green olives, then toss it with pasta and lots of mozzarella cheese that goes crisp on top and cheesy-pully in the middle in the oven.
One-Pot Spiced Shrimp and Rice
Truly a one-pot wonder, this dish is homey, comforting, and weeknight-friendly (thanks to the minimal cleanup). Rinse your rice until the water runs clear before adding to keep the grains from going clumpy or gummy in the pot.
It's a Sauce, It's a Stuffing: It's Spicy Paneer-Tomato Gravy
You could eat it simply with rice or flatbread, but even better? Spoon it into baked bell peppers or crispy cheese sandwiches.
Toasted Tomato-Paneer Sandwiches
Paneer is perfect for this toasted sandwich recipe—the cheese is creamy but doesn’t melt completely, adding a satisfying texture to an easy tomato sauce that’s spiced with jalapeño, ginger, coriander, and cumin and mustard seeds. Searing the paneer leaves some bits a little crunchier than others while adding a smoky flavor to the sauce; Sach is my favorite brand. You can serve the sauce simply with flatbread or over rice or use it as the filling in enchiladas or tacos (topped with sautéed mushro.…
Paneer-Stuffed Peppers
Spiced tomato sauce with bits of creamy paneer fills delicious stuffed peppers here, but it can also be served with flatbread, over quinoa, or in a quesadilla.
Orange Chicken
Starring crispy fried thigh meat dressed in a savory, citrus glaze, orange chicken is a Chinese American take-out staple well worth making at home.
When All Else Fails, Make Kale Slop
This is a story I’d hoped I’d never have to write.