This grilled vegetable sformato is pretty and filling enough to be a main course. Inside the sformato are peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, cheeses, pasta, and pistachios. It makes a stunning weekend meal.

For this hearty Moroccan tagine, squash, whole shallots, prunes, garbanzos, and almonds are slowly cooked until tender then is served over couscous.

This wintertime salad is composed of salad greens, pomegranates, and tender pears. Sweet and crunchy caramelized pumpkin seeds round out this leafy delight.

Uova in Purgatorio
by Gianni Scappin and Vincenzo Lauria
from A Tavola: Recipes and Reflections on Traditional Italian Home Cooking
(Lebhar-Friedman Books, 2009)
Serves 4
This simple dish, called eggs in purgatory because the sauce the eggs float in bubbles …

by Jennifer McLagan
from Fine Cooking
(Taunton Press, 2009)
Serves 4
Like all good pasta dishes, this recipe for angel hair pasta with lemon cream sauce has so few ingredients, all must shine. If you happen to have some …

by Linda Long
from Great Chefs Cook Vegan
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Serves 1
This white asparagus-orange salad was created by Jose Andres: “For me, the farmer’s market has become a Sunday ritual. Just as they do in Spain today, …

by Linda Long
from Great Chefs Cook Vegan
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Serves 6 to 8
This yellow gazpacho with ratatouille  was created by David Burke: “Creating vegetable dishes? Love it! It is the way of the future and a …

by Linda Long
from Great Chefs Cook Vegan
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Serves 6 to 8
This dish for curried cauliflower with currants and pine nuts was created by Cat Cora: “One of my first plant-based recipes was a mushroom …

by Anna Thomas
from Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes
(W.W. Norton, 2009)
Serves 6 to 7
This beautiful soup of carrots and yam is bright orange and full of subtle, interesting flavors. Parsnips and celery root quietly balance …

by Anna Thomas
from Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes
(W.W. Norton, 2009)
Serves 6 to 7
This soup starts with big mounds of sliced fennel and onions, but don’t worry—these vegetables will reduce dramatically as they slowly cook …

by Anna Thomas
from Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes
(W.W. Norton, 2009)
Serves 6 to 7
This creamy potato and roasted garlic soup has a story behind it. My friend Jane is one of the people who has …