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The custard, a ratio of 1 cup crème fraîche to 1 cup whole milk to 5 eggs, makes Tartine's Swiss chard quiche so fabulous. It's smooth with a slight tang and utterly delicious. // alexandracooks.com

Tartine’s Quiche

A bowl of roasted butternut squash soup topped with croutons and fried sage.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Garlic Soup

Spicy, Crispy, Addictive Cheese Sticks

A cast iron skillet filled with baked fontina with rosemary and thyme.

Baked Fontina

A slice of a blueberry Dutch baby on a plate.

Fresh Lemon-Blueberry Dutch Baby

Glogg ingredients

“Aunt Betsy’s Favorite” Glogg

Homemade Muesli

Raw bok choy salad.

Bok Choy Salad with Sesame-Almond Crunch

Fava Bean and Pecorino Salad

A plate of freshly fried corn fritters.

Corn Fritters with Cheddar & Scallions

Pickled Okra & Baker’s Foie

Zucchini tortillas breakfast taco.

Zucchini Tortillas (4-Ingredients, Gluten-Free, Baked)

summer squash salad

Raw Summer Squash Salad with Lemon, Pecorino, and Herbs

A raw asparagus salad on a platter.

Raw Asparagus Salad with Walnuts & Parmesan

A bowl of pasta with brown butter, swiss chard and walnuts.

Pasta with Swiss Chard, Brown Butter & Walnuts

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

Spring Fattoush Salad

This pasta with spinach, walnuts, and lemon includes fresh greens tossed with a garlicky, white wine sauce made slightly creamy with crème fraîche. Yum. // alexandracooks.com

Spring Pasta with Spinach, Walnuts & Lemon

I make crustless quiche nearly once a week, always with uncooked greens, always with fresh thyme, always with crème fraîche, always following the Tartine recipe. Without a crust in the equation, this sort of quiche is effortless to whip up for a weeknight dinner. // alexandracooks.com

Crustless Quiche Loaded with Kale

Curried lentils with kale and coconut

Curried Lentils with Kale and Coconut Milk (Masoor Dal)

A platter of hummus and vegetables.

Smooth & Creamy 5-Ingredient Homemade Hummus

A bowl of real sour cream and onion dip.

Real Sour Cream & Onion Dip

A bowl of oven-roasted polenta.

Creamy Oven-Baked Polenta Recipe

A bowl of tomato soup.

Super Easy Pantry Tomato Soup

A bowl of potato leek soup.

Simple Homemade Potato Leek Soup

A glass bowl filled with watermelon gazpacho.

This polenta without fear is delicious. Minimal stirring is required and the addition of a little water towards the end of the cooking process is all the doctoring necessary to produce "creamy, soft, mouth-filling polenta," as described on Bitten. // alexandracooks.com

This simple pasta salad is particularly good warm, when the just-boiled shells melt the cheese, just slightly cook the tomatoes and soak up all the flavors of the olive oil and lemon juice. It can also be prepared ahead and served at room temperature — it tastes better the longer it sits in fact. // alexandracooks.com

Preserved lemons work nicely anywhere lemon and salt work nicely — so, everywhere? — and while there is something about the combination of smoked mozzarella and lemon that just can't be beat, this preserved lemon pizza is a fun combination, too: za'atar with olive oil, fresh ricotta, preserved lemon and basil. // alexandracooks.com

A collection of easy vegetarian recipes to make year-round.

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