Category: Side Dishes

Ultracreamy Hummus

Appetizers, Side Dishes, Vegan

This hummus is velvety-smooth and creamy, with a satisfyingly rich, balanced flavor. To achieve a perfectly smooth texture, we simmered canned chickpeas with water and baking soda for 20 minutes and then quickly removed their grainy skins by gently swishing them under a few changes of water....

Sautéed Baby Bok Choy with Sesame Oil and Garlic

Side Dishes, Vegan

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS Instead of sautéing whole heads of baby bok choy, a vegetable that is nearly impossible to cook evenly, we decided to treat it like two different vegetables. We started by coarsely chopping the top dark leaves and snapping off the stalks. After washing the stalks and leaves...

Thick-Cut Oven Fries

Side Dishes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS When traditional French fries are fried, water is rapidly driven out of the starch cells at the surface of the potato, leaving behind tiny cavities. It's these cavities that create a delicate, crispy crust. Since oven fries don't heat fast enough for air pockets to form, we...

Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Appetizers, Side Dishes, Vegan

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS Deemed “better than wings” by our tasters, these crunchy, tangy, spicy, and just plain addictive cauliflower bites will be the new star of your game day table. The key was to come up with a flavorful, crunchy coating that would hold up under the Buffalo sauce. A mixture of...