Dal Saag
Simple, delicious, nutritious dal. If you don’t know Indian food, it’s like split pea soup without the ham bone, better vegetables and (usually) more...
5 Minute No Nightshade Cornbread
I’ve been asked on multiple occasions for my cornbread recipe. Amusingly, while writing this up, I realized the original contains nightshades. I’ve made this...
Thai-Style Peanut Noodles
You'll find that most recipes for this simplest of Asian foods offset the creamy peanut sauce with a dash of cayenne, a splash of...
Rajma
Rajma is a dish I discovered after identifying my nightshade sensitivity, so I can't say anything about its true—and inevitably diverse—place within the vast...
Coconut Cashew Chicken Curry
This Sri Lankan-inspired creation is based on a David Tanis recipe published in the New York Times. The original contains two nightshades: tomatoes, and...
A Simple Flex-Mex Coleslaw
I never really liked coleslaw, then began tinkering with this recipe, from Karlynn Johnson of The Magpie Kitchen. It has inspired a bushel of...
Beyond Ketchup
Bonnie and Clyde. Beavis and Butthead. Harry and Ron.
French fries and ketchup.
There is a reason that fried potatoes go, for the most part, with...
Sri Lankan Style Chicken Curry
The day I discovered Dini’s Flavor Blender was a happy one. I was looking for a chicken curry of pretty much any kind, as...
Freestyle Cilantro Meatball Soup
There are many beautiful things about soups, and among them is their flexibility. This Cilantro Meatball Soup can be made a variety of ways,...
Garlic Calamari
Very early in the process of developing a no nightshade red sauce, I came across this Bon Appétit recipe for simple shrimp in a...