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Simple dinners built around what a home garden actually grows.

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59 recipes

Chicken Fajitas
In season

Chicken Fajitas

Sizzling strips of spice-rubbed chicken with a skillet full of charred sweet peppers and onions, wrapped in…

From the garden: Pepper, Onion, Cilantro

35 minserves 4 easy
dairy-freekid-friendlyone pan
Ginger Turkey and Edamame Rice Bowls
In season

Ginger Turkey and Edamame Rice Bowls

Ground turkey stir-fried with fresh ginger and garlic, tossed with a heap of shelled edamame and sweet…

From the garden: Edamame, Ginger, Garlic +2 more

35 minserves 4 easy
dairy-freekid-friendlyone pan
Fresh Pea Matar Pulao

Fresh Pea Matar Pulao

The North Indian spring standard: basmati steamed with whole spices, browned onion, and a generous scoop of…

From the garden: Pea, Onion, Garlic +3 more

50 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freekid-friendlyone pan
Korean Scallion Pancakes

Korean Scallion Pancakes

Pajeon, the Korean pancake built around whole scallions rather than batter: a thin, crisp-edged round of…

From the garden: Green Onion, Carrot, Pepper +1 more

35 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Summer Succotash Skillet
In season

Summer Succotash Skillet

The Southern classic of sweet corn and lima beans with bacon, peppers, and burst cherry tomatoes, finished…

From the garden: Sweet Corn, Lima Bean, Tomato +4 more

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-freeglut busterone pan
Atakilt Wat (Ethiopian Cabbage and Potatoes)

Atakilt Wat (Ethiopian Cabbage and Potatoes)

The Ethiopian fasting-table standard: cabbage, carrots, and potatoes steamed slowly with onion, garlic…

From the garden: Cabbage, Potato, Carrot +4 more

60 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Bengali Malabar Spinach Chorchori
In season

Bengali Malabar Spinach Chorchori

A Bengali mixed-vegetable chorchori: Malabar spinach, potato, and pumpkin cooked dry in a mustard and…

From the garden: Malabar Spinach, Potato, Winter Squash +4 more

50 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Classic Shakshuka
In season

Classic Shakshuka

Eggs poached directly in a skillet of spiced, slow-simmered tomatoes and peppers: the North African classic…

From the garden: Tomato, Pepper, Onion +2 more

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeglut busterone pan
Classic Stuffed Bell Peppers
In season

Classic Stuffed Bell Peppers

Garden bell peppers baked around a savory filling of beef, rice, and tomato, topped with melted cheddar: the…

From the garden: Pepper, Onion, Garlic

70 minserves 4 medium
gluten-freekid-friendly
Ghanaian Red Red Bean Stew

Ghanaian Red Red Bean Stew

Red Red, the West African weeknight staple: black-eyed peas stewed into a deep, slow-browned onion and tomato…

From the garden: Southern Pea, Onion, Tomato +2 more

85 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Hungarian Pepper Lecso
In season

Hungarian Pepper Lecso

Hungary's answer to a pepper glut: sweet peppers and tomatoes stewed slowly in paprika oil with onions and…

From the garden: Pepper, Tomato, Onion +2 more

60 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Italian Sausage and Peppers
In season

Italian Sausage and Peppers

The Italian-American street-fair classic: browned sausage links simmered with a mountain of sweet peppers and…

From the garden: Pepper, Onion, Garlic

50 minserves 4 easy
dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Pumpkin and Black Bean Chili

Pumpkin and Black Bean Chili

A hearty fall chili where cubes of fresh sugar pumpkin simmer until tender in a smoky tomato-chili broth with…

From the garden: Pumpkin, Onion, Pepper +2 more

55 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Rajasthani Fresh Turmeric Sabzi

Rajasthani Fresh Turmeric Sabzi

Rajasthan's winter sabzi treats fresh turmeric as the vegetable itself, grated and cooked slowly in ghee with…

From the garden: Turmeric, Pea, Ginger +3 more

45 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · gluten-freeglut busterone pan
Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

Corn tortillas rolled around shredded chicken, smothered in a bright roasted-tomatillo salsa verde and melted…

From the garden: Tomatillo, Pepper, Onion +2 more

60 minserves 4 medium
gluten-freekid-friendly
Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili

Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili

A one-pot chili where chunks of garden sweet potato simmer with ground turkey, black beans, and tomatoes…

From the garden: Sweet Potato, Onion, Pepper +2 more

55 minserves 6 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Braised Country Ribs with Chayote

Braised Country Ribs with Chayote

Meaty country-style pork ribs browned hard, then simmered in a chile-tomato broth until they slump off the…

From the garden: Chayote, Tomato, Onion +3 more

120 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Carnitas Tacos with Jicama Slaw

Carnitas Tacos with Jicama Slaw

Pork shoulder braised slowly with orange, garlic, and bay until it falls apart, then crisped under the…

From the garden: Jicama, Onion, Cilantro +3 more

205 minserves 6 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freekid-friendly
Chicken with Loquat Chutney

Chicken with Loquat Chutney

A skillet of seared chicken finished with loquats cooked down with ginger, chile and cider vinegar into a…

From the garden: Loquat, Onion, Garlic +2 more

55 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Chile-Lime Fruit and Shrimp Tostadas
In season

Chile-Lime Fruit and Shrimp Tostadas

The Mexican fruit-cart plate of cold cubed fruit with lime, salt and chile, piled onto crisp corn tostadas…

From the garden: Tropical fruit, Pepper, Onion +1 more

32 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Dry-Fried Green Beans with Tofu

Dry-Fried Green Beans with Tofu

The Sichuan restaurant classic done at home: green beans blistered in a hot dry pan until wrinkled and sweet…

From the garden: Snap Bean, Pepper, Garlic +1 more

35 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · dairy-freeglut buster
Gujarati Green Soybean Curry
In season

Gujarati Green Soybean Curry

Fresh green soybeans and potatoes simmered in a mustard seed and cumin tomato masala, the Gujarati shaak that…

From the garden: Edamame, Potato, Onion +5 more

50 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Hoppin' John (Black-Eyed Peas and Rice)

Hoppin' John (Black-Eyed Peas and Rice)

The Lowcountry classic: black-eyed peas simmered with bacon, onion, celery, and green pepper, served over…

From the garden: Southern Pea, Onion, Pepper +3 more

90 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
North Indian Bhindi Masala
In season

North Indian Bhindi Masala

India's everyday okra dish: pods dry-fried hard in a wide pan, then folded through cumin-scented onions and…

From the garden: Okra, Onion, Tomato +3 more

40 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Peruvian Quinoa Stew (Guiso de Quinua)

Peruvian Quinoa Stew (Guiso de Quinua)

The Andean home-cooking way to eat quinoa: the seed simmered from raw in a golden onion, garlic, and chile…

From the garden: Quinoa, Potato, Onion +3 more

55 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-freeone pan
Punjabi Aloo Methi

Punjabi Aloo Methi

The Punjabi weeknight sabzi: potatoes browned hard, then folded through a whole bed of fresh fenugreek greens…

From the garden: Fenugreek, Potato, Garlic +2 more

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut busterone pan
Spring Vegetable Paella

Spring Vegetable Paella

The Valencian vegetable paella: asparagus, green beans, and sweet peppers over saffron rice, cooked flat and…

From the garden: Asparagus, Snap Bean, Pepper +5 more

60 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Sweet Potato and Sausage Hash with Fried Eggs

Sweet Potato and Sausage Hash with Fried Eggs

A one-skillet supper of browned smoked sausage, crispy sweet potato cubes, peppers, and onions, finished with…

From the garden: Sweet Potato, Onion, Pepper +1 more

45 minserves 4 easy
one pan
Arugula and Red Lentil Dal

Arugula and Red Lentil Dal

A weeknight North Indian pot: red lentils simmered soft with tomato and turmeric, finished with a crackling…

From the garden: Arugula, Onion, Tomato +5 more

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Chayote Kootu (Coconut Lentil Stew)

Chayote Kootu (Coconut Lentil Stew)

The South Indian answer to a chayote glut: mild cubes simmered soft with yellow lentils, then finished with…

From the garden: Chayote, Shallot, Pepper +3 more

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Chilaquiles Verdes with Black Beans

Chilaquiles Verdes with Black Beans

Freshly fried corn tortillas folded into a charred tomatillo salsa at the last second, piled with black…

From the garden: Tomatillo, Pepper, Onion +3 more

45 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Classic Ratatouille
In season

Classic Ratatouille

The Provençal summer stew: zucchini, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes each sautéed to keep their character…

From the garden: Summer Squash, Eggplant, Pepper +5 more

70 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Karniyarik (Turkish Lamb-Stuffed Eggplant)

Karniyarik (Turkish Lamb-Stuffed Eggplant)

Whole eggplants fried until they collapse, split open, and packed with a spiced ground lamb, tomato, and…

From the garden: Eggplant, Onion, Garlic +3 more

75 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Monj Haakh (Kashmiri Kohlrabi and Greens)

Monj Haakh (Kashmiri Kohlrabi and Greens)

The everyday Kashmiri dinner: kohlrabi sliced thin and boiled with its own leaves, green chiles, and mustard…

From the garden: Kohlrabi, Pepper, Garlic

35 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-free
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
In season

Pickled Jalapeño Rings

Bright, taqueria-style jalapeño rings with garlic: a hot-pepper glut turned into a month of nacho and taco…

From the garden: Pepper, Garlic

15 min Makes 2 pint jars.
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Seared Fish with Kiwi Salsa
In season

Seared Fish with Kiwi Salsa

Cumin-dusted white fish topped with a sweet-tart kiwi salsa (diced fruit, red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and…

From the garden: Kiwi, Onion, Pepper +1 more

35 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-free
South Indian Double Bean Curry
In season

South Indian Double Bean Curry

Double beans, as South India calls lima beans, simmered in a mustard seed tempering with onion, tomato, and…

From the garden: Lima Bean, Onion, Tomato +5 more

45 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Crispy-edged sweet potato cubes with peppers and onion, finished with eggs cracked right into the skillet…

From the garden: Sweet Potato, Pepper, Onion +1 more

40 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · gluten-free · dairy-freeone pan
Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)
In season

Thai Basil Chicken (Pad Krapow)

The beloved Thai street-food stir-fry: chopped chicken flash-fried with garlic and chiles, sauced with fish…

From the garden: Basil, Garlic, Pepper +1 more

25 minserves 4 easy
dairy-free
West African Groundnut Stew
In season

West African Groundnut Stew

Roasted peanuts ground to paste and simmered with tomato, sweet potato, okra, and greens into the thick…

From the garden: Peanut, Sweet Potato, Tomato +5 more

75 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Chicken Chile Verde

Chicken Chile Verde

Chicken thighs braised until spoon-tender in a roasted green sauce of tomatillos, poblanos, and cilantro: the…

From the garden: Tomatillo, Pepper, Onion +2 more

70 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-free
Classic Beef and Bean Chili

Classic Beef and Bean Chili

A pot of old-fashioned chili built on home-dried beans simmered until creamy with browned beef, tomatoes, and…

From the garden: Dry Bean, Onion, Pepper +1 more

140 minserves 4 medium
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Crispy Broccoli Manchurian

Crispy Broccoli Manchurian

The Indo-Chinese takeout favorite made at home: broccoli florets fried in a light cornstarch batter, then…

From the garden: Broccoli, Onion, Pepper +2 more

45 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · dairy-freeglut buster
Frijoles Negros with Epazote

Frijoles Negros with Epazote

The classic Mexican pot of black beans (onion, garlic, and a sprig of epazote simmered until the broth turns…

From the garden: Epazote, Onion, Garlic +2 more

40 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-free
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Tropical Fruit Salsa
In season

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Tropical Fruit Salsa

Cumin and smoked paprika rubbed pork tenderloin, grilled and sliced over a big bowl of chopped tropical fruit…

From the garden: Tropical fruit, Onion, Pepper +2 more

40 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken
In season

Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken

Chicken browned in caramelized sugar, then braised with a bundle of thyme, scallions, and one whole scotch…

From the garden: Hardy herbs, Green Onion, Onion +3 more

75 minserves 4 medium
dairy-free
Kuru Fasulye (Turkish Bean Stew)

Kuru Fasulye (Turkish Bean Stew)

The Turkish weeknight standard: dried white beans simmered soft in a tomato and pepper sauce under a generous…

From the garden: Dry Bean, Onion, Pepper +2 more

125 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Palak Gosht (Punjabi Lamb and Spinach Curry)

Palak Gosht (Punjabi Lamb and Spinach Curry)

Yogurt-marinated lamb shoulder braised until fork-tender, then folded into a whole pound of spinach blended…

From the garden: Spinach, Onion, Garlic +4 more

125 minserves 4 medium
gluten-freeglut buster
South Indian Curry Leaf Rice
In season

South Indian Curry Leaf Rice

A big cutting of sprigs roasted crisp and ground into karuveppilai podi with dal and chile, then folded…

From the garden: Curry Leaf, Peanut, Pepper

35 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo with Okra
In season

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo with Okra

A Louisiana-style gumbo built on a slow, chocolate-brown roux, the holy trinity, smoked sausage, chicken…

From the garden: Okra, Onion, Pepper +3 more

105 minserves 4 involved
dairy-free
Garden Giardiniera

Garden Giardiniera

The Italian mixed-vegetable pickle: cauliflower, carrots, peppers, and celery in an oregano-flecked brine…

From the garden: Cauliflower, Carrot, Pepper +1 more

30 min Makes 2 quart jars.
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Gazpacho
In season

Gazpacho

The Andalusian classic: dead-ripe tomatoes blended raw with cucumber, pepper, and good olive oil into a silky…

From the garden: Tomato, Cucumber, Pepper +2 more

20 minserves 4 easy
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts
In season

Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts

The Sichuan classic: cubes of chicken flash-fried with dried chiles, then tossed in a sweet-sour soy glaze…

From the garden: Peanut, Pepper, Garlic +1 more

40 minserves 4 medium
dairy-free
Punjabi Chana Masala

Punjabi Chana Masala

The Punjabi weeknight standard: whole chickpeas soaked and simmered soft, then finished in a dark onion and…

From the garden: Chickpea, Onion, Tomato +4 more

125 minserves 4 medium
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-free
Roasted Pepper Freezer Packs
In season

Roasted Pepper Freezer Packs

Sweet peppers charred whole, steamed, peeled, and frozen flat in meal-size packs: smoky-sweet roasted peppers…

From the garden: Pepper

50 min Four pounds roasts down to about four 1-cup freezer packs
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster
Seared Chicken with Romesco Sauce
In season

Seared Chicken with Romesco Sauce

Juicy seared chicken thighs over romesco, the Catalan sauce of charred red peppers, tomato, toasted almonds…

From the garden: Pepper, Tomato, Garlic +2 more

55 minserves 4 medium
dairy-free
Vietnamese Lemongrass Grilled Pork
In season

Vietnamese Lemongrass Grilled Pork

Thit nuong, the street-stall pork of Vietnam: thin slices of pork shoulder marinated in a thick paste of…

From the garden: Lemongrass, Garlic, Shallot +3 more

45 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-free
Yucatan Chicken and Lime Soup (Sopa de Lima)
In season

Yucatan Chicken and Lime Soup (Sopa de Lima)

The signature soup of the Yucatan: a clear, fragrant chicken broth sharpened with the juice of a whole…

From the garden: Lime, Onion, Garlic +3 more

45 minserves 4 easy
gluten-free · dairy-free
Zucchini Relish
In season

Zucchini Relish

Sweet-tart confetti relish that grinds a zucchini glut into hot-dog and burger gold: the church-cookbook…

From the garden: Summer Squash, Onion, Pepper

60 min Makes about 5 half-pint jars.
vegetarian · vegan · gluten-free · dairy-freeglut buster

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