Green beans and mushrooms with chili ginger vinaigrette
How do you cook a delicious vegetable side dish in five minutes? You use the microwave oven. Not a fan of nuking your food? The steamer is your friend.
Vegetables
Although we're admittedly more carnivorous than herbivorous, we do try to include vegetables in every meal. It's not that difficult, really, considering that many Asian dishes — from soups to main courses — include vegetables among the ingredients. If we're having a no-vegetable main dish for lunch or dinner, we supplement it with at least one vegetable side dish.
Kale, sausage and potato soup (zuppa Toscana)
Our version of minestra de pane, this rustic soup was popularized in North America by The Cheesecake Factory as zuppa Toscana (literally, Tuscan soup).
Crispy pork belly, snow peas and zucchini stir fry
While the vegetables are the real stars in this dish, adding small pieces of crispy pork belly will make meat lovers happy.
Corned beef salad
For someone who’s never been a fan of vegetable-only salads, the addition of a generous amount of protein — homecooked corned beef in this case — leaves me craving for …
Japanese potato salad
Coarsely mashed boiled potatoes, roughly chopped hard-boiled eggs, crispy bacon, carrot, cucumber and sweet corn are tossed with Japanese mayo, salt and pepper to make …
Boiled chicken and vegetable soup (Filipino nilagang manok)
Nilagang manok translates to boiled chicken. It’s the generic name for a wide array of rustic Filipino chicken and vegetable soups. What vegetable? Cabbage and potato …
Vegan mazemen with broccoli and cabbage
What’s in this vegan noodle bowl? Fresh ramen, reduced teriyaki sauce, broccoli florets and diced cabbage. Easy and fast meal that's both tasty and filling.
Ginger beef soup
Cubes of beef short plate are browned, sauteed with ginger and onion, seasoned with fish sauce and simmered in water until tender. Wedges of chayote and spinach complete …