Nut Free

This easy chunky guacamole recipe gets warmth from a dash of cumin and heat from fresh or pickled jalapeño.

Braise tofu in an aromatic and spice-filled broth that’s used not just once but over and over again.

This peppery turmeric soup is a meatless version of soto ayam, which is usually made with chicken. 

Menudo is typically served on weekends (whether that means family reunions, dressed in your Sunday best—or as an ideal hangover cure). The earthiness of the hominy and smoky chiles makes this dish one you’ll crave for weekends to come. Dried snow mushrooms are easy to find online and at many East Asian grocery stores. Their frilly, honeycomb-like texture provides a similar look and bite to the pancita—a.k.a. beef stomach—used in traditional menudo, making this dish accessible to almost anyone. W.…

Editor’s Note: To make this kimchi fried rice recipe vegan- or vegetarian-friendly, use a brand of kimchi made without seafood, such as Mother In Law’s or Sinto Gourmet. Like any fried rice this recipe is adaptable—you can use any vegetables you have on hand.

If you love the taste of ginger, this simple dessert is for you. It requires no baking or steaming and has only three ingredients: milk, sugar and ginger juice.

With comforting notes of butterscotch and caramel, butter tarts are perfect when you want something small and sweet, and they require just a few basic pantry ingredients.

This pie dough is wonderfully versatile, and cookbook author Ken Haedrich uses it for both sweet and savory pies. It has great flavor, flaky texture, and is easy to handle.

This is a tres leches meets olive oil cake, lightened up with a chiffon base to help soak in all of the milk.

Made with coconut sugar, these cookie sandwiches—filled with a whipped white chocolate, coconut, and rum ganache—have deep caramel and molasses notes.

With tender oyster mushrooms, caramelized carrots and onions, as well as a good helping of red wine and miso for umami-packed flavors, this comforting pie is perfect for cold winter evenings.

Nothing quite beats a winter stew when the temperature begins to drop. This rich meatless dish and its thick tasty gravy really hits the spot. With tender oyster mushrooms, caramelized carrots and onions, as well as a good helping of red wine and miso for umami-packed flavors, this has quickly become one of my most popular recipes–somewhat beef bourguignon, but without the beef.

Mince pies, basically rich tarts filled with dried fruits and spices soaked in alcohol, were once a status symbol because only the rich could afford these delicacies. The combination of fruits and spices is often diverse, but raisins, currants, and candied lemon, citron, and/or orange peel are standard. Some old recipes also contain prunes, dates, figs, or candied ginger. Spices are usually cinnamon, cloves, mace, and nutmeg. There is always grated apple or pear and sometimes also lemon or orang.…

Nondairy butter and a flax “egg” make these easy cookies deliciously vegan—be sure to buy dairy-free chocolate and vegan sugar to keep them that way.

This whole roasted fish recipe is the perfect place to put the trinity of sumac, lime, and yogurt to work.

This is the juiciest pork loin ever. The secret lies in the acid from the tamarind and the slow braise.

An easy spreadable blend of fresh goat cheese, horseradish, and heavy cream.

This tender, fragile shortbread is the result of a happy accident involving an extra egg yolk.