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A tall glass of Mexican horchata over ice on a dark wooden table, the pale ivory rice drink dusted with ground cinnamon, with a pitcher of it and loose canela sticks behind.

Mexican Horchata

The creaminess everyone reaches for milk to get is already sitting inside the rice; you just have to soak it long enough to pull it out.

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Vegan scalloped potatoes in a cream stoneware baking dish, wafer-thin rounds of potato in overlapping rows under a thick ivory sauce flecked with thyme, browned in patches on top and scattered with chives, with one corner portion lifted out to show a dozen thin layers inside.

Vegan Scalloped Potatoes

Scalloped potatoes were never a cheese dish, and the lemon juice most vegan versions use to fake one is the reason the slices come out of the oven still crunchy.

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Vegetarian corn casserole in a cream stoneware baking dish, a deep golden browned top studded with whole corn kernels and one corner portion lifted out to show the soft pale yellow inside.

Vegetarian Corn Casserole

The box mix behind almost every corn casserole in America lists animal shortening fourth on its ingredients, which is why this one starts with a bowl of flour instead.

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Paneer tikka masala in a cream speckled bowl, cubes of paneer in a toasted amber spice crust with softened red pepper and red onion in a thick brick-orange gravy, scattered with cilantro and a slit green chile.

Paneer Tikka Masala

The charring is the whole dish, and most recipes skip it, which is how you end up with paneer butter masala wearing somebody else’s name.

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Four vegetable side dishes on a dark wooden table: a bowl of roasted Brussels sprouts with balsamic glaze in front, with whole roasted rainbow carrots, creamy coleslaw and a chopped pepper, cucumber and tomato salad behind.
Roundup · 12 recipes

12 Vegetable Side Dishes

Twelve sides where the vegetable is the point rather than the garnish, from a tray of sprouts to two arguments about sweet potato casserole.

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Vegan mashed potatoes swirled into soft ridges in a deep blue stoneware bowl, golden and smooth, scattered with snipped chives and cracked black pepper.

Vegan Mashed Potatoes

The first printed recipe for mashed potatoes, from 1747, pours the milk in before the butter, which is the exact order that turns a vegan mash into glue.

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Vegetarian stuffing in a cream stoneware baking dish, cubes of sourdough with deep golden crisp tops over a soft herbed crumb, flecked with chopped browned mushroom, diced celery and fresh sage.

Vegetarian Stuffing

Most vegetarian stuffing just swaps the stock and hopes for the best. This one replaces all three of the things the turkey drippings were actually doing.

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A tofu banh mi on a dark wooden table, a slender Vietnamese roll split along one side and filled with golden browned tofu slabs, cucumber spears, pickled carrot and daikon, fresh cilantro and red chile rings.

Tofu Banh Mi

Almost every vegetarian banh mi drops the pate, which is exactly why they taste fresh, crunchy and somehow empty.

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