Heidi’s Favorites
If a recipe appears on 101 Cookbooks, I stand behind it. But beyond that, there are a number of favorite favorites. I’ve listed them here.
Farro Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
A wonderful farro salad with buttermilk dressing inspired by a version I had at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon years ago. Imagine nutty farro grains plus shaved radishes, zucchini, and fennel tossed with creamy, herbed, buttermilk dressing. The perfect lunch.
Sriracha Rainbow Noodle Salad
This is a noodle salad you'll crave every day. A radiant, color-flecked tangle of noodles, cabbage, shredded carrots, pickled sushi ginger, and an abundance of cilantro, basil, and scallions. It has tofu and peanuts, coconut, ginger, avocado, and hemp seeds. The dressing(!) - it's simple but strong, and steps in with an assertive spicy sriracha-lime punch.
Braised Artichokes with Orange
Braised artichokes baked for an hour, covered in an unctuous slathering of olive oil, white wine, olives, mint, garlic and orange zest. Make them on a Sunday night and use throughout the week to make your sandwiches and pastas fantastic.
Asparagus Stir-Fry
A favorite stir-fry recipe. Asparagus and tofu form the base, but it has quite a lot going on beyond that. You get a bite of tang from the lime, heat from the red chiles and fresh ginger, mint and basil cool things down. A touch of hoisin sauce gives you just enough sweetness to balance it all out.
Potato Gratin with Tomatoes and Spices
An assertively spiced departure from a favorite Suzanne Goin potato gratin recipe. This is a rustic, deeply flavorful late-summer gratin made with sliced tomatoes, potatoes, caramelized onions, curry powder, and a kick of red chile flakes.
Sprout Salad
For anyone wanting to work more sprouts into their meals, this is one of the best salads I've made in a long time. It includes mung bean sprouts, avocado, arugula, yogurt, and toasted almonds. So many good ingredients and incredibly tasty!
Spicy Cauliflower with Sesame
Cauliflower dialed all the way up on the spice front like this tastes great. Inspired by a recipe in Reza Mahammad’s cookbook, caramelized onions, cumin, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds and chiles are all in play. They create fragrant magic, turning this cauliflower recipe into an all-star - just read the comments!
Tempeh Curry
A vibrant tempeh curry recipe loosely inspired by a recipe from Lora Zarubin's cookbook, I am Almost Always Hungry.
Basic Crepes
Crepes don’t have to be difficult! Once you master this basic crepe recipe you can make perfect sweet or savory crepes on a whim.
Garganelli with Kale and Lentils
This one-pot, garganelli pasta is an easy weeknight win. It's pasta and lentils simmered in crushed tomatoes and finished with lots of chopped kale, saffron, swirls of tahini and chopped almonds.
