Start with these dishes from the new cookbook Veg Forward, by Susan Spungen, the founding food editor of Martha Stewart Living. They’re simple, delicious, and endlessly adaptable to whatever catches your eye at the greenmarket.
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Zucchini Carpaccio
When life gives you a boatload of zucchini, slice them up for this stunning platter. It’s a super-elegant side, yet there’s barely anything to cook—just the dukkah, a blend of seeds and spices that you toast in a pan for flavor and crunch.
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Cold Cucumber and Avocado Soup
This warm-weather classic gets a rich upgrade from avocado and Greek yogurt and a spicy kick from arugula. A fresh garnish of sugar snap peas adds nice bite.
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Arborio-Stuffed Tomatoes with Olives and Herbs
The rice in this Provençale dish is cooked in the juice of ripe tomatoes and punctuated with garlic, fresh herbs, and black olives.
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Smoky Corn Salad
A hearty salad gets its smokiness from grilled corn, jalapeño, and charred scallions. Sturdy kale rounds it out and won’t wilt on a warm day.
Adapted from Veg Forward: Super-Delicious Recipes that Put Produce at the Center of Your Plate, by Susan Spungen. Copyright © 2023 by Susan Spungen. Used by permission of Harper Celebrate. harpercollinsfocus.com/harper-celebrate.
Veg Forward: Super-Delicious Recipes that Put Produce at the Center of Your Plate
