Legume Recipes

Spring Onion Socca

Carrot and Lentil Salad

If you’re like me and crave more raw, juicy vegetables and fruit as spring settles in, you might enjoy this sunny sala...

Spicy Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup

It’s still very much soup season over here. We’ve gotten more snow in the past month than we’ve had all winter, an...

Fennel and Lentil Soup with Gremolata

I love fennel, always, but especially during this time of year, when cravings for spring start coming on strong. Fennel�...

Beet Shepherd’s Pie with Balsamic, Lentils, and Mushrooms

This cozy vegan shepherd’s pie has some serious borscht vibes, thanks to the combination of beets, potatoes, and other...

Baked Red Lentil & Vegetable Fritters with Maple Mustard Sauce

I made this recipe on a whim when cooking dinner about a month ago and shared the process on our IG stories. It seemed t...

Marinated White Bean Salad

We have a marinated zucchini recipe in the blog archives that’s a favorite to which we keep coming back to every year,...

Gazpacho with Spicy Red Lentils

A thing I learned this year that I can’t believe I didn’t know before is that traditional Andalusian gazpacho recipe...

Potato, Lentil, and Zucchini Salad

We make potato salads pretty much every week in the summer. To me, they are the perfect food – satisfying, packable fo...

Lemon-Dill White Bean & Potato Soup

Coming to you with a recipe that feels simultaneously springy and warming. Spring here in the Northeast has been on the ...

Brothy Beans & Greens Lunch

I pretty much always know what I’m having for lunch, especially right now, with this chilly spring weather and infrequ...

One Pot Vegan Creamed Beans and Greens with Chili Oil

Every day, around 4pm, my husband and I start texting about dinner. If there aren’t any leftovers or a previously thou...

Meal Plan Mini: Creamy Black Bean Bowls, Cauliflower Tacos, Raspberry Brownies

So happy to come out with another mini meal plan! This series is one of my absolute favorite things to work on. It defin...

Potato and Fennel Hash Skillet

This potato and fennel hash skillet meal makes for a very special breakfast/brunch, but it also works nicely as a wholes...

Buffalo Chickpea Salad Sandwich

It seems like we come back every year with a bean salad idea similar to today’s buffalo chickpea variation (see this s...

Silky Sweet Potatoes with Cucumber Tahini Ranch, Green Veg and Chickpeas

Do you ever use your steamer? My $10 bamboo steamer is one of my favorite kitchen tools. I love how quick the steaming p...

Roasted Cauliflower and Mushroom Chowder

We’re very ready for spring and all of its tender, green produce, but unfortunately it’s still very much soup weathe...

Golden Potato, Cabbage, and White Bean Stew – Abruzzo Inspired

We’re continuing with our series of Abruzzo-inspired, plant-based meals today (all our previous recipes are linked bel...

Pasta e Ceci – The Coziest Pasta and Chickpea Soup from Abruzzo

We had the most transcendent experience eating this simple, Italian peasant soup during our retreat in Abruzzo this past...

Vegan Herb Frittata (Kuku Sabzi)

I have a subscription to Bon Appétit, and I haven’t been able to get this Persian frittata recipe out of my head ever...

Vegan Chickpea Nicoise Salad

We recently spent a week in Upstate New York. It was magical. Masha has been going there every summer for the past coupl...

Yellow Split Pea Chowder from Power Plates

Today we are cooking the creamiest, most perfect chowder from a new cookbook that we are completely in love with, called...

The Simplest Lentil Soup from Abruzzo

Today we are continuing with our Abruzzo recipe series, where we share traditionally plant-based dishes from Abruzzo, ...

One Pan Brussels Sprout and Red Lentil Pie with a Root Vegetable Crust

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. Since this is our last recipe of 2...

Bright & Grounding Chickpea, Parsnip and Kale Soup

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. Here’s a simple, nourishing sou...

Vegan Lentil Moussaka

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. As our new cookbook release date ap...

Roasted Potato and Split Pea Salad with Miso Vinaigrette

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. I’ve been wanting to come up with...

Fennel Marinated Zucchini and Mung Beans

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. I have a major weakness for anyth...

Red Lentil Gazpacho

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. There’s something about the act o...

Summery White Bean ‘Tuna’ Sandwich

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. Everything tastes better on the be...

Italian-Style Lentil and Mushroom (Not)Meatballs from Pantry to Plate

I’m so excited to talk bit about Heather Crosby’s new cookbook Pantry to Plate today. When I received my copy and t...

Spring Vegetables with Smoky Chickpea Croutons and Avocado Aioli

This post was created in partnership with USA Pulses and Pulse Canada. By the time this post is up, I will...

Perfect Pressure Cooker Beans + Quick Marinated Beans

Fagor recently sent me their 6 quart pressure cooker, and I was very excited since I’ve never had one before and kne...

Braised Leeks with Cauliflower White Bean Mash

Food magazines and online food publications are all about bright and green spring recipes right now, but I know that a l...

Sweet Potato Toast, Two Ways

I finally got around to trying sweet potato toast this week, a concept that I’ve been seeing circulating around the...

Spaghetti Squash Mung Bean Lasagna

I’ve always thought of lasagna as an intimidating dish in terms of its layered preparation, though I love the flavor a...

Cauliflower Rice with Zingy White Beans and Kale

There’s something very powerful about turning a pile of vegetables into a proper meal. The satisfaction/general victor...

Roasted Garlic and Parsnip Hummus

If you ever do meal prep on the weekends for the week ahead, hummus is a great thing to consider including in your reper...

Versatile Mung Dal Stew with Healing Spices

This post was created in partnership with Amira. This month we are focusing on recipes that will hopefully...

Sweet Potato Nachos with Cheesy Chipotle Sauce and All the Fixings

I’ve been thinking about party snacks crowd-pleasing enough to serve during a New Years get together and came up with ...

Root Vegetabe Chickpea Flour Quiche

We’ve been developing some recipes for Nuts.com, our favorite online one-stop-shop for bulk foods, using their amazing...

Kale Salad with Marinated Beets, Lentils and Almond Cheese

To those who shared a little about someone special in your life in our last post, thank you. Reading every single one o...

Spice-Roasted Carrots with Lentils from Modern Potluck (& a Giveaway)

Hey friends, this is Masha. I usually do the photos and editing around here, but I am now venturing into doing some full...

Mint and Chocolate Milkshake with Aquafaba Whipped Cream – Ice Cream Sunday

We have a classic ice cream flavor in milkshake form for you today – mint and chocolate. It’s creamy, with little ha...

Vegan Caesar Salad with Tempeh Croutons, Roasted Peaches and Corn

A bit on the state of things around here – The kitchen renovations have been put off until October, and ...

Vegan Cobb Salad with Watermelon Bacon

I’m sure I’m not alone in my desire to live off salads during these hot summer months. Leafy greens are in abundance...

Marinated Summer Vegetables and Beans over Freekeh

Today I thought I would share an everyday recipe that I make quite often, great for satisfying a vegetable craving, and ...

Summer Greek Salad

I’m getting over a bad cold that really took me down by surprise, and finding myself craving plates of vegetables an...

Taco Collard Green Rolls

This is a meal that came together with the leftover ingredients from an intense four day cookbook photoshoot – it tur...

Mung Bean Falafel Bowl with Pickled Rainbow Chard

Mung beans have been my legume of choice as of late. I love them for their versatility, good nutrition record (protein o...

Vegetarian Spring Pho with Sweet Potato Noodles and Heirloom Beans

As though writing a cookbook and trying to stay on top of a second grader’s homework and extracurriculars is not enoug...

Creamy Millet Polenta with Rainbow Chard and Chickpeas

A seven year old’s palate, at least my seven-years old’s palate, is completely unpredictable. There have been many t...

Squash Noodle Soup with Healing Turmeric-Ginger Broth, Roasted Carrots and Beluga Lentils

I recently came back from a short stay in NYC with Masha (older daughter and Golubka photographer), where I was happy t...

Eggless Sprouted Mung Bean Pasta, Spring Style

Chances are, you’re familiar with mung bean noodles, some clear and some ghostly white, that can be found in abundance...

Roasted Root Vegetable, Red Rice and Lentil Stew

Spring is in the air, I can tell by the volume of the birds outside my window, which gets louder every morning. Daylig...

Black Rice Salad with Curried Chickpeas, Squash and Swiss Chard

I’ve been on a forbidden black rice kick this winter. I love its pleasant texture, mild flavor and sweet aroma, and i...

Lemongrass Mung Beans over Spaghetti Squash

Before we share our holiday dessert for the year, here is a dish that I’ve been hooked on lately. It will make for a l...

Ethiopian Injera with Mustard Lentils and Braised Cabbage

One of the best things about the warm winter here in St. Petersburg, Florida is our Saturday morning market. Situated ri...

Tomato Dahl with Gluten-Free Naan

It’s cold season and everyone in the family has taken their turns being sick. First it was Paloma, picked up from some...

Shaved Brussels Sprout, Pomegranate and Lentil Salad

As healthy as I always try to feed Paloma, and as many green smoothies and juices she drinks daily, I never dreamt of he...

Black Bean Chocolate and Fig Cookies

Finally, the weather broke and the steaming Florida September heat began to give up. I can’t wait for the day when we ...

Dahl Inspired Sprouted Salad with Coriander, Mint and Sunflower Seed Dressing from The Wooden Spoon

Happy Saturday everyone! Life has been hectic lately, there is still work on the cookbook and many other ...

Fava Bean Timbale with Tarragon and Vanilla Bean

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems that the shorter the season of a certain food, the more magical it appears. It�...

Raw Falafel and Tabouleh

Life has been quite hectic around here lately. I’m sure you know what I mean, we get caught up in the whirlwind of tim...

Lentil Soup

This is another recipe from the small series of cooked soups that I feed Paloma and the rest of the family on wintry day...