Veg Forward: Super-Delicious Recipes that Put Produce at the Center of Your Plate

Vegetable-driven books abound in the 2020s, many of them quite appealing. Veg Forward is a good choice for cooks who already feel comfortable with basic recipes and are looking for some fresh ideas that won’t feel overly familiar. For example: Sugar snaps, cabbage, and radish slaw with buttermilk dressing Kohlrabi and apple salad with poppy seeds Poblano chiles filled with spoonbread and tomato cream Cold cucumber, avocado, and arugula soup Tahini peach cobbler Red lentil and vegetable soup with crispy spiced chickpeas Roasted vegetable has with harissa and poached eggs Author Susan Spungen is a veteran food journalist and stylist with the skills to write clear, easy-to-follow recipes. Her notes on pantry ingredients at the start of the book are realistic and inspiring all on their own. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.