If you're in a cooking rut and dreaming of a dish at the intersection of practical and simple yet also playful and satisfying, this one-pot noodle recipe will surely become your new favorite. It's a flirty and elegant blend of crisp-chewy yuba skins (a current obsession of mine, though you can use pasta instead), cauliflower, meaty green olives, crème fraiche and za'atar.
Read MoreThis is a weeknight friendly, skillet meal with endless options for toppings and customization. Yellow squash are roasted for maximum fIavor. Then they're folded into spiced and browned ground turkey. If you want to keep this vegetarian, use a plant-based crumble. I love this Shiitake taco "meat" recipe made with Shiitake mushrooms, walnuts (I often use pecans), and spices.
Read MorePeak into my fridge any given day, and you'll find at least one head of raw broccoli and another head already cooked in a dish. Today, a bright broccoli pesto accentuated with lemon and cilantro and grounded with toasted blanched almonds is folded into crispy butter beans, sun-dried tomatoes, and more broccoli, then finished with parmesan chunks and lemon zest.
Read MoreI can't tell you how excited I am to share this meal with you. You'll be especially pleased if you usually make a beeline for my Weeknight Dinner section on the homepage. But between the broccoli, chickpeas, shrimp (see veg option in recipe headnotes) and lemon turmeric ginger dressing, I think this meal is universally appealing because it ticks all the boxes in a big way:
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