Vegetable Dishes

Learn how to make cauliflower rice: a great rice substitute for those on a low carb or paleo diet. What is the best method for cooking cauliflower rice?

How do you cook parsnips? Are you looking for ideas a little bit different from the norm? In this article, among other ideas, you will find recipes for parsnip mash, parsnips roasted with chicken and other root vegetables and even parsnips roasted in Scotch whisky marmalade!

What do you do with leftover mashed potatoes? It is, after all, incredibly difficult to prepare just the right quantity of mash for a family meal. The recipes featured on this page give you a wide and wonderful choice of delicious ideas to help prevent your leftover mash going to waste.

Dozens of chefs have given this classic their own personal spin; however, “more” is not necessarily "better." Let's get back to basics and find the perfect salade niçoise.

This is a quick and easy way to make vegetables taste great. This tasty recipe offers easy preparation and a quick cleanup for busy cooks.

This potato salad takes on a delicious twist with the addition of deviled egg ingredients. It's a great side dish for summer picnics and barbecues—or for any time of year.

Fried green tomatoes, thought of as a Southern dish, actually began with Jewish immigrants in the Northeast and Midwest. This recipe for the dish and accompanying sauce is simple yet delicious.

A Middle Eastern dish of complex flavours, combining health-promoting butternut squash with sweet apricots, honey, intense and piquant preserved lemon, tomatoes and fragrant spices. Quick and easy to prepare and keeps well in the fridge for up to four days. Serve with herby couscous or crusty bread.

Samphire is a delicious and widely available type of seaweed. This page contains a number of tasty recipes and serving suggestions.

This article features zucchini (courgette) recipes of a number of different types to suit a wide variety of tastes. It includes baked, griddled and roasted zucchini recipe ideas and more.

Swede turnips (also called rutabaga) are sometimes hugely underrated as a cooking and eating vegetable. This article explores different recipes and serving suggestions for swede turnips or rutabaga, perhaps helping you sell their taste benefits and versatility to your family.

Corn tops the chart as the most-produced grain throughout the world. I'll give you a brief history of this luscious food, how to find the best-tasting, and (of course) provide some recipes.

Find out here. Four methods were tested, and one came out on top. Using the winning method, you'll get perfect mashed potatoes every time.

Read about the three steps to crispy, tender sweet potato fries. Also included: how to choose safe and healthy cooking oils and deep-frying safety tips.

Sour cream, cream cheese, butter, and half & half make these mashed potatoes decadent and yet versatile—the ultimate comfort food. They go well with meatloaf, milanesa, and roast chicken.

In Korea, it's kimchi; in Latin American, cortido; and in Europe (and for the ancestors who migrated to America), it is sauerkraut. Learn about this sour food that's powered by probiotics, how to make your own, and recipes that use it in imaginative ways.

Salads can be kid-friendly, and this article includes recipes for salad that even a baby will enjoy, as well as suggestions for how to make 2 regular salads more appealing to children.

When harvest brings in the butternut squash, it's time fire up the oven and bake this delicious vegetable in pies or serve it as a simple, nutritious side dish.

Learn how to make attractive, easy summer salads that will have your kids and partner begging for more. Easy on the budget, easy on you, and lots of fun to put together!

This delicious and easy gazpacho recipe makes good use of fresh garden ingredients. Also includes videos of other ways to make it.

Pickled onions are something of a British culinary institution. This article shows how easy it is to make chip-shop-style pickled onions at home.

A real crowd pleaser, easy cheesy scalloped potatoes makes a delicious dinnertime casserole.

Healthy salads can be delicious and are fun to create. Purslane, mizuna, and tatsoi are tasty and nutritious greens that are great additions to a salad.

Dandelion greens have been a food source for centuries. This tasty salad recipe shows how you can put these 'weeds' to use on your table!

This article is about how to make the best tossed salad. It includes step-by-step directions, recipe, helpful hints, and lots of photos. You will love this tossed salad.

Chef Albert Verdeyen says chips quite definitely come from his native Belgium; perhaps they do, perhaps they don’t.

This was a new asparagus recipe for me. The addition of three citrus fruits makes the dish tasty and different, and I will certainly be making it again and again.

You don't have to halve or quarter your squash in order to cook it in an Instant Pot or oven. It's easy to cook a squash whole; I'll show you how!

Radishes get a bad rap and are usually only added to salads for color. Radishes aren't just for salads! Here is a simple, yummy recipe for pickling radishes that I promise you'll love.

Discover a new spin on a traditional potato pancake recipe that incorporates fresh veggies. Super easy to make and deliciously yummy, you can serve this side dish just in time for summer or at your next holiday dinner.

With fresh vegetables and the flavors of the mediterranean, this cucumber and tomato couscous salad is easy and delicious and perfect for your next dinner or lunch.

Lots of tips for seasoning and cooking corn-on-the cob: grilling, microwaving, roasting, frying, and batter-frying.

Come enjoy fried eggplant and pasta in a rich tomato sauce topped with two types of cheese.

Historical background about the Great Depression and how families survived through frugality and food consciousness.

These are the best green beans I've ever tasted: fresh, delicious beans are simmered in chicken broth with new potatoes and onion slices. My in-laws request this dish for basically every family gathering—and my mother-in-law is a terrific country cook.

All bananas were created equal, right? Nope! Some are definitely better than others for making fritters. Let me share my favorites with you.

Broccoli—gray, mushy and stinky, or bright green, crisp, and floral. It's all in how you cook it. Treat it gently. Let me show you how to coax broccoli into a treat your family will love.

Garlic and mushrooms are delicious together, but all too often they are served only in its simplest form as a starter or appetizer. The recipes on this page combine garlic and mushrooms in ten different and exciting ways to take them to whole new levels of tastiness and enjoyment.

Chip shop style potato fritters make an excellent variation on potato based meal accompaniments. This page shows you how to easily make potato fritters at home, every bit as good as you will get from a fish and chip shop.

If you're anything like I am, then you look for an excuse to put mushrooms into anything possible. This is one of my favorite go-to mushroom dishes.

Learn how to make a traditional Russian potato salad "Olivier" with this step-by-step recipe. This article has pictures, tips and the healthiest way to make it.

For a quick, easy, healthy meal try my Rockin' Peppers and Eggs recipe. I add more veggies and a little bit of Asiago cheese to a traditional sandwich recipe. It's rockin' with flavor!

Get a taste of Germany with these four easy and delicious German salad recipes! You'll find recipes for German Beet Salad, German Celery Root Salad, German Carrot Salad and German Cucumber Salad.

It's not necessarily quick, but it's easy to turn raw potatoes into a batch of delicious French fries

Green peas are loaded with nutrients and are a very healthy food. There are many ways to prepare peas and many foods that are improved by their addition.

In this recipe, I will show you how to cook roasted vegetables in the oven quickly and easily. I have included step-by-step instructions with my own photos and videos.

A great collection of my favorite vegetable salad recipes, from cucumbers to layered and fried okra, to a selection of salad fixin’.

This is a recipe for homemade potato pancakes with broccoli—a new spin on a tradition and a great way to cook with leftover vegetables. These latkes are perfect for holidays or weeknight dinner side dish ideas.

All I can say is "AWESOME"! These fried green tomatoes were simply amazing—the best I've ever had. We do fried green tomatoes every year for my birthday/4th of July dinner. I decided to find a new recipe because the ones we made were only so-so, and I'm happy to share our technique.

A vegan shares her first experience with this tuber. Nutritional information, flavorings for jicama, other common names, gardening information, and history of the vegetable are given.

Not only is this classic Italian recipe light and delicious, it's also low in sodium. See how this eggplant Parmesan measures up to the restaurant version.

Freezing seconds from local farmers is an easy, inexpensive way to stock up on tomatoes. Never buy canned tomatoes again!

Potatoes are an incredibly versatile cooking ingredient. This article is devoted to exploring a number of less obvious ways in which potatoes can be cooked and enjoyed to perfection.

America’s favourite salad has an interesting background—some of it might even be true. Learn about the myths and the true origins of the Caesar salad.

A cool-weather super-food, kale is packed with vitamins. Enjoy it raw in salads, braised or stir-fried as a side dish, or incorporate it into a fantastic vegetable pie.

Celtuce is a variety of cabbage with both the leaves and the stem suitable for eating and cooking. This page features a variety of raw and cooked serving recipes and suggestions.

This recipe is so easy to make. If you love the flavors of rosemary and garlic, you need to make this rustic side dish that is the perfect companion for lamb, chicken, steak and pork.

What's the secret to crispy, restaurant-style French fries? Learn how to choose the best potato for frying. I've also included step-by-step instructions and photographs for making tender, unforgettable fries.

Nutritionists say that we should eat three to five servings of green vegetables every day. Here are tips for adding vegetables to your diet and reasons why you should do this.

What is a truffle? You've seen truffles in restaurant menus or have recipes that call for them in the form of shavings, salt, or oil. Do you know the origins of this funny-looking yet gourmet food? Learn more about these underground fungi!

Tater tots (those potato nuggets in the freezer section) are the perfect platform for an easy cheesy casserole (hot dish). Here are 10 recipe ideas for you.

Celery—once you were special, a luxury food of the rich and famous, but now you're no more than a flavoring for soup or a bit of green on the veggie platter. Let's discover the folklore and learn some fun recipes to respect celery once again.

In the United States, Okra is a traditional southern staple. Here are a few of the many ways to prepare and enjoy this vegetable.

The best mashed potatoes do not come out of a box or a pouch. It starts will real potatoes, and in less than 30 minutes, you can enjoy the real thing!

Need ideas to jazz up your mashed potatoes? Looking for a way to spice up dinner? Here are more than 150 delicious toppings that are sure to make everyone happy.

Describe your idea of perfect potato salad. Tangy with vinegar, bright with mustard, a contrast of creamy potatoes and crunchy vegetables, or perhaps something even more exotic? Let me show you how.

Don't kill your weeds, eat them! Have fun learning to identify the weeds in your yard, then picking the edible varieties to make a salad. You'll also find a yummy vinaigrette recipe in this article.

Looking for a delicious Brussels sprouts recipe? This Garlic Roasted Brussels Sprouts recipe will have your mouth watering and begging for more! It's also a delicious fat-burning food!

A no fuss and easy to follow, step by step method on how to make falafels. A healthy falafel recipe which you can complete in 30 minutes. Great for brunch, lunch, dinner or for a snack.

Learn the history of cucumbers, how to grow them, how to use them in cooking and baking, and why “cool as a cucumber” is not just a figure of speech.

For such an unassuming vegetable the carrot certainly has an amazing history; carrots are as old as time, multi-cultural, and did you know that they were part of World War II propaganda?

Make this easy potato pancake recipe using your blender. Your potato pancakes will be just as good as Mother used to make. Serve with applesauce and sour cream for a delicious meatless dinner.

All you need is sliced onions and a light batter that puffs up magically while frying.

Try some of these side dishes to turn a filet mignon into a complete meal. Recipes for salads, potatoes, and vegetables are included.

This article provides recipes for 10 delicious green salads that feature fruits, including apples, oranges, strawberries, watermelon, pears, and mangoes. Salad greens include spinach, arugula, and Spring Mix.

Once the bane of every child, loathed almost as much as it’s cousin the broccoli; cauliflower is now the darling of nutritionists everywhere. Learn how to make it your family’s favorite.

Boxty, or Irish potato pancakes, are simple to make and delicious to eat. Crusty golden brown outside and fluffy and tender inside, these are economical and just plain delicious.

If you like pasta and Greek salad, you're going to love this recipe.

Raw radicchio is a bold, assertive, and somewhat bitter green, but cook gently and it melts into sweet, creamy bliss. I’ll tell you how to grow, select, and use this beautiful vegetable.

Leeks, that strange-looking onion-like vegetable. What can you do with them? A savory soup is just the start. Let's explore their history and how to use them in every meal of the day.

How can you tell if your mushrooms have gone bad? Since they're not fruits or vegetables, it can be difficult to know what to look for. This article covers some of the most common signs of foul fungi and outlines a few mushroom storage techniques that can help prolong your shiitakes' shelf-life.

This article provides step-by-step instructions for preparing potato pancakes using a store-bought mix. This is great for first-timers or cooks looking for helpful tips and fresh ideas. This side dish goes with any meal, all year long.

This classic picnic side dish was not invented by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Learn its origins, a few facts, and fun variations.

Listeria is a bacterium that can live in animals and humans, survive in soil and water, and contaminate plants. It can cause listeriosis, which is sometimes serious.

If you are new to using rhubarb, here's how to prepare the fresh plant to enjoy all year!

Kale is hands down one of the most nutritious vegetables out there. This side dish featuring kale cooks in less than five minutes. What's for dinner tonight? How about anything that goes with kale?

I love anything stuffed, and this recipe was hearty and delicious enough to serve on its own, which is what I did.

An easy recipe for delicious and healthy roasted vegetables, as well as a video showcasing more roasting techniques. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do!

Butternut squash is a good source of vitamin C, magnesium, and potassium. With these delicious recipes, you can make mouthwatering dishes.

Zucchini squash is a popular vegetable to grow in backyard gardens. With the right growing conditions, you can get a large crop from just a few plants. Here are 9 suggestions if you have more zucchini than you know what to do with.

This is a great recipe for using up jalapeño pepper scraps (the parts you'd normally throw away). The resulting paste is off-the-scale hot, and it's easy to make, too. Whenever you need some, just break off a frozen piece and drop it into your favorite dish. HOT!

Jerusalem artichoke, which you may know as sunchoke or sunroot, resembles ginger root in appearance. I was curious to discover what else, if anything, these two edible tubers had in common and what they didn't.

Here you'll find a step-by-step guide with photos that teaches you how to easily can and pickle garlic and dill green beans.

Whether you prefer smooth and creamy or a rustic smash, here is everything you need to know to make your perfect pot of mashed potatoes.

Baked potatoes—Fifteen ideas for how to turn this easy side dish into an inexpensive meal for one or an easy family weeknight dinner. Ingredient lists, recipes, and helpful hints—they're all here!

Does "stuffed vegetables" cause you to think back to the sad greasy, collapsed green bell peppers you had as a child? We can do better. Here are 10 recipes to add to your repertoire.

This tomato avocado salad recipe is really tasty, and the addition of omega 3-6-9 oil makes it a nutritional powerhouse. This recipe is easy to make and delivers helpful omega fatty acids.

German food is known for its richness and heartiness, but less known are the side dishes that accompany those dishes. Here are the most popular side dishes in German cuisine.

Bored of your average salad offerings at barbecues and picnics? Want to avoid unhealthy salad dressings? This tomato salad is naturally fat-free, and it's super-tasty!

Learn how to freeze green beans and other garden vegetables and discover time-saving equipment that will make home freezing vegetables a breeze.