512 sweet onion recipes

A meatless kidney bean chili loaded with cashews, raisins, and a splash of apple cider vinegar for tangy depth. Spiced with cumin, chili powder, and oregano for a one-pot vegetarian feast.

Wild rice with a four-mushroom medley (button, shiitake, oyster, enoki) plus snow peas and red pepper, simmered in soy-scented broth. A high-fiber, low-fat vegetarian dish with real depth.

Old-fashioned homemade chili sauce simmered for hours from fresh tomatoes, bell peppers, brown sugar, and warm spices including cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. A classic American canned condiment recipe.

These plant-based sausages taste great, contain no added fat except the vegetable oil they're fried in, and are easy to make. These ingredients yield fairly mild sausages; after you've tried them, adjust the seasonings to please your palate.

Vegetarian sweet and sour stir-fry loaded with snow peas, broccoli, enoki mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and tropical fruit (pineapple, mango, mandarin orange) over rice.

Ground chicken pizza on a biscuit dough crust with mushrooms, bell peppers, and a three-cheese blend of mozzarella, cheddar, and Parmesan. A lighter take on homemade pizza using toaster oven-friendly portions.

A gallon-jar fermented vegetable pickle with cauliflower, green beans, peppers, onions, green tomatoes, and olives cured in a garlicky dill brine. Ready after 10 days of room-temperature fermentation.

Savory phyllo strudel filled with Spam, rice, mushrooms, and colorful vegetables seasoned with Dijon mustard and basil. A creative way to dress up canned meat.

Note: 15 bean mixtures are available packaged in supermarkets and health food stores. If you prefer, make your own by combining equal amounts of dried blackeyed peas, red kidney beans, white kidney beans (cannellini), green lentils, split peas, black beans, yellow split peas, navy beans, cranberry (Roman, shell, or shell out) beans, great Northern beans, pinto beans, small white limas, red lentils, cow peas (field peas), and pink beans. Avoid using beans such as garbanzos and large lima beans, as these take longer to cook than other varities.

Vegan sweet and sour stir-fry with mushrooms, carrots, snow peas, bell pepper, and squash in a ginger-soy-brown sugar glaze. No oil needed. Serve over brown rice.

This frittata can be used in many ways, breaklfast, lunch, dinner, whatever you want, and you can add all kinds of stuff in it, and always satisfy you!

Preserve summer's bounty with this big-batch pickled vegetable recipe. Carrots, cauliflower, green beans, peppers, celery, and olives in a tangy vinegar brine with mustard seed and turmeric. Makes 20 pints.

A chilled, crunchy gazpacho-style soup packed with black beans, corn, jicama, peppers, cucumber, and zucchini in tangy tomato juice. Low-fat, vegetarian, and loaded with fresh vegetables.

Vegetarian party pate made from pinto beans, TVP, and shiitake mushrooms with mirin and mace, baked in a water bath and served cold on crackers.

Vegan navy bean soup with balsamic-caramelized onions, miso paste, tomato sauce, and warming spices. Oil-free, long-simmered for deep flavor, serves 8. Worth every minute of the 4-hour cook.

Use as a dip or topping for grilled chicken, seafood, etc., inspired by Diana Rattray