Red cabbage with cranberries is a sweet-and-sour side dish that will brighten your table at Thanksgiving or any time of the year.

Maki rolls are a vegetarian relative of sushi. This recipe calls for cucumber and avocado, but you can experiment with other ingredients as well.

Pumpkins are a key ingredient in some wonderful recipes – not to mention jack-o’lanterns – but what can you do with the seeds? Roast ‘em!

This is a very simple alternative to carmelized onions – it takes longer than carmelizing onions on the stovetop, but requires almost no work at all.

Eat these wonderful crunchy cheese fritters as soon as possible after they are cooked.

Ricotta cheese baked with herbs makes a savory, slightly spongy cake – a very simple yet delicious appetizer.

Recipe for popovers, perhaps the simplest and quickest way to enjoy fresh bread hot from the oven.

Is guacamole a dip or a condiment? That depends – are you eating it as a snack with tortilla chips or on top of a sandwich or burrito? Either way, guacamole is delicious, nutritious, and – unfortunately – quite fattening.

Quinoa, a seed that is used like a grain, is a complete protein, has more calcium than milk, and is both delicious and easy to prepare.

A typical Mediterranean dip, made mostly of olives and olive oil. Traditional recipes include anchovies, but there is absolutely no need for them here.