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Herbs

Herbs offer both a freshness and brightness to cooked and raw dishes. I love pureeing herbs into sauces or using them fresh as a finishing element. Here you will find all of my favorite herby recipes, including this avocado sauce, delicious on toast with soft-boiled eggs, this basil pesto recipe, which you can freeze in ice cube trays for future use, and this schug, a spiced green sauce originating from Yemen but used throughout the Middle East

A platter topped with a raw corn salad made with tomatoes, feta, and lots of herbs.

Raw Corn Salad with Tomatoes, Feta, and Herbs

Crispy on the edges, creamy in the center, these little chard fritters, squeezed with lemon, make the most lovely Meatless Monday meal. But more importantly they save the fridge from utter and complete dark-leafy-green domination. And for that I couldn't be more grateful. // alexandracooks.com

Swiss Chard (Or Other Greens) Fritters + Montreal

A bowl of corn pasta.

Melissa Clark’s Creamy (No-Cream!) Corn Pasta with Basil

A glass of iced tea.

The Very Best Iced Tea

A bowl of pasta tossed with cherry tomato sauce, pine nuts, basil and mozzarella.

Pasta with Simple Cherry Tomato Sauce

A bean salad in a serving bowl.

Simple White Bean Salad

A plate of fingerling potatoes.

Crispy Pan-Seared Fingerling Potatoes

A bowl of curried Thai chickpeas with rice.

One-Pot Curried Chickpeas

Fava Bean and Pecorino Salad

Chickpea Tagine with “Tomato Jam” and Roasted Delicata Squash

summer squash salad

Raw Summer Squash Salad with Lemon, Pecorino, and Herbs

A jar of Greek salad dressing on a countertop.

5-Ingredient Greek Salad Dressing Recipe

A platter of tzatziki, drizzled with olive oil aside pita.

Tzatziki (Greek Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce)

A bowl filled with a spring fattoush salad with arugula, radishes, snap peas, and cucumbers.

Spring Fattoush Salad

Mushroom flatbread

Grilled Flatbread

A roasted butternut squash and crispy sage pizza on a board.

Pizza with Roasted Butternut Squash and Crispy Sage

A just-baked lemon and smoked mozzarella pizza.

Lemon, Smoked Mozzarella & Basil Pizza

Charred eggplant produces a creaminess without the help of oil, and the charring moreover imparts such a nice smokiness to the eggplant's flesh. Some sort of flatbread or grilled bread is a must with each of these preparations, and if you happen to have some za'atar in your pantry, the aromatic spice mixture complements the eggplant so nicely. // alexandracooks.com

Burnt Eggplant with Za’atar Flatbread

A bowl filled with the best one-pan baked ziti with a fork and napkin.

One-Pot Baked Ziti

A bowl of herby buttermilk mashed potatoes.

Creamy (No-Cream) Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

There is something so good about this simple quesadilla, about tasting each element — the smoky peppers and sweet onions, the bright cilantro, the creamy, melty Jack. As with pizza, less is more with quesadillas — a thin layer of ingredients is best. Before serving, I love stretching open the cheese-locked layers and dropping in spoonfuls of sour cream. // alexandracooks.com

Roasted Poblano & Monterey Jack Quesadilla

This pomegranate salad recipe comes from the book Turquoise by Greg and Lucy Malouf, which my aunt introduced to the family last winter when she served this stunning salad at a dinner party. The myriad textures and sweet-salty-hot dressing make this salad irresistible. // alexandracooks.com

Green Olive, Walnut & Pomegranate Salad; Thanksgiving Day Recap

A freshly baked savory galette with corn, tomatoes, and gruyere.

Savory Galette with Tomato, Corn, Caramelized Onions & Gruyère

Delaney’s Cannelloni & Orange Coast Magazine