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Lunch

Beet and Fig Salad with Candied Pecans

Set roasted, jewel-toned beets and fresh figs over creamy, tart labneh and scatter with honeyed pecans for an autumn salad that's both fresh and comforting.

Teach Your Kids to Make Their Own Lunch: Problem-Solving

In our final installment, we trouble-shoot challenges you and your children might run into as they take on this responsibility.

Cacio e Pepe Pie

In this extra cheesy, extra comforting meal, spaghetti pie meets an Italian classic: cacio e pepe.

Cheesy Corn Spoon Bread

Serve this creamy and garlicky spoonbread hot out of the oven for a cozy cold-weather side.

Teach Your Kids to Make Their Own Lunch: Part Three

This week is all about encouraging them to expand their horizons.

Squash Ribbon Salad with Orange and Chile

Yes, you can eat butternut squash raw: Thinly shave it into ribbons and marinate it in a zesty dressing and it’s a refreshing and fun new side for your fall table.

Butternut Squash and Chorizo Hash

Top this sweet and spicy hash with eggs for breakfast or fold it into tortillas for a taco with some sour cream and hot sauce on top and you’ve got dinner.

Curried Chickpea and Lentil Dal

This super-easy recipe is a perfect canvas for punchy, crunchy toppers like toasted coconut and mustard seeds with turmeric oil and a zingy chutney. The dal is vegan but full of hearty protein thanks to the chickpeas, lentils, and coconut milk.

The Garlickiest Fried Rice

Bronze garlic chips in vegetable oil, then use the fragrant oil to stir-fry cooked rice. Top with fresh herbs, those crispy garlic chips, and—if you’d like—a fried egg.

Silky Peanut Butter Dressing

Adding silken tofu to the base of this dressing both enriches it with a little added protein and lends it a satiny texture. You can adjust the amount of water added to create something thicker and dippable for crudités or thinner and drizzly for tossing into salads.

Broccoli and Garlic-Ricotta Toasts

Crispy roasted broccoli works just as well as an appetizer as it does a side dish when scattered over garlicky, ricotta-slathered toasts.

Cucumbers With Ajo Blanco Sauce

Think of this as an all-purpose garlic sauce. Once you get the hang of making it, try swapping cashews or blanched hazelnuts for the almonds.

Teach Your Kids to Make Their Own Lunch: Part Two

From grocery shopping to prep work, here's how you and your kids can nail the details.

Pressed Broccoli Rabe and Mozzarella Sandwiches

These sandwiches are a vegetarian cross between a New Orleans–style muffuletta (hey olive salad!) and a Philadelphia-style pork and broccoli rabe sandwich.

Vegetable Frittata With Asiago Cheese

At Captiva Art Cafe on Captiva Island, Florida, chef Matthew Mitchell offers imaginative pasta and egg dishes as his meatless selections. We reduced the yolks in his frittata, but all the wonderful flavor is still there. Mitchell accompanies the frittata with toasted focaccia.
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