Food
Three Dinner Recipes Where Veggies Are The Star Of The Show
Updated on August 15, 2023
Australian food writer and former MasterChef Australia contestant Alice Zaslavsky has released the cookbook In Praise of Veg, and you’re going to want to check it out. The pages are packed with vegetable-forward ideas, including a Saffron Orzo with Charred Deli Artichokes, Torn Zucchini Flower Pizza and Salt-Baked Yam Tacos (or Yacos, if you will). But don’t worry meat lovers! This book isn’t only for vegetarians. Instead, it makes the vegetable the star of the show to change your point of view about cooking.
Scroll down to see some of the beautiful and bright recipes from In Praise of Veg!
Saffron Orzo with Charred Deli Artichokes
This dish will make you feel like you’re on vacation in Greece with its heavy use of both saffron and artichokes, which are both from the Mediterranean nation.
Check out the recipe here!
Torn Zucchini Flower Pizza
This recipe includes a bit of nduja sausage or chorizo if you’re hoping for some meat, but it’s the zucchini (both sliced and in torn flower form) that’s the real star of this show. Add in some chili oil and you’ve got yourself a showstopping pizza.
Check out the recipe here.
Salt-Baked Yam Tacos (Yacos!)
You might think that you’ve tried every type of taco out there, but Alice gives a new take on a plant-based taco by roasting yams to perfection. Don’t skimp on the salt either! And you can turn this dish easily into a salad if you prefer.
Check out the recipe here.
Excerpted from In Praise of Veg: The Ultimate Cookbook for Vegetable Lovers by Alice Zaslavsky. Text Copyright © 2022 Alice Zaslavsky. Design and Illustrations Copyright © 2022 by Murdoch Books. Photography Copyright © 2022 by Ben Dearnley. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.