Boustany (2025)

Sami Tamimi's first solo book, published in 2025, is entirely vegetarian, and that is exactly why it earns a weeknight slot. Boustany means "my garden," and the more than 100 recipes treat vegetables as the main event, with chapters running from breakfast and sharing plates to breads, sweets and easy dinners. Vegetables, grains, legumes and herbs are cheap and quick in a way slow-cooked meat dishes are not, so a higher share of these recipes fit a Tuesday. There are bigger celebration dishes too, and a section on preserving seasonal vegetables and herbs for the pantry for the keen, but the easy dinners alone justify the shelf space.