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How to Eat Garden to Table
Eat fresh from your own backyard! The words “garden fresh” appear on food labels and menus for a reason: There’s nothing more appealing than the idea that the produce you eat (and feed your family) was just picked from your garden. Here's how to put your (or someone else's) garden to good use in the kitchen.
All About Artichokes
Artichokes are strikingly flower-like with an olive green and sometimes purple color which makes them stand out among other vegetables in the produce section. They may look intimidating, but they’re very easy to cook. Here's how to prep and cook artichokes.
All About Arugula
While arugula may get passed off as just some fancy lettuce, beneath its mundane exterior lies a plethora of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants just waiting to do a body good. Here is everything you need to know about arugula, from what it is and how to prep and store it to the health benefits of this leafy green.
All About Asparagus: Growing, Buying, Storing, and Cooking With Spring's First Veggie
Although it's now available year-round, asparagus is one of the first fresh vegetables you’ll see in the spring. Here's everything you need to know about asparagus, from how to grow and buy it, to storing and prepping tips, and some of our favorite asparagus recipes.
Vegetable Love: The Indispensable Vegetable Cookbooks in Our Kitchens + Cuisine at Home's Cook the Book Cookbook Club
Want to eat more vegetables or make them in new and exciting ways? Check out our list of the best vegetable-focused cookbooks full of thousands of delicious and creative vegetable recipes. Then join our new cookbook club to find new inspiration, learn and grow as a cook or baker with our community.
Tips
Freeze Fresh Spinach for Quick Chopping
Freeze fresh spinach instead of buying frozen cooked spinach. The fresh flavor remains, and it's easy to prep when you need it—plus clean up is non-existent!
How to Dry Tomatoes in the Oven
Preserve your summer tomatoes with this technique to dry in the oven—you can even preserve them in olive oil and herbs for more flavor.
Freeze Cabbage for No-Cook Cabbage Roll Prep
Want to cut down your prep time when making cabbage rolls? Follow this simple tip for a no-cook way to prepare your cabbage leaves for stuffing.
How to Freeze Fresh Ginger
If you love ginger but always end up throwing it out before using it all up, look to this tip for a way to save it.
How to Choose and Prepare Parsnips
Never cooked with a parsnip? Check out the information below on how to select and prepare them.
How to Clean & Store Mushrooms
Looking for a way to clean and prolong the life of mushrooms? Look to this simple tip.
How to Seed Jalapeños
Ditch the gloves and pull out your vegetable peeler. There's more than one way to seed a jalapeño.
Duchess Potatoes: How to Make Fancy Piped Potatoes
Add some flare to your mashed potatoes with this easy tip.
How to Easily Peel Garlic by Blanching
Peeling garlic can be a sticky, time-consuming mess. Follow this simple tip to make your life a bit easier.
How to Shred Cabbage with a Vegetable Peeler
Make easy work of thinly shredding cabbage with this quick trick that saves time and hassle.
Buy Produce in Bulk, Freeze for Later
Save money and cut down on prep time with this simple tip for buying and storing produce in bulk.
Easy Vegetable Stock Starter
Rather than throwing out the liquid left after steaming vegetables, put it to good use in this flavorful and healthy trick!
How-To's
Canning with Confidence: How to Can with a Water Bath
Vegetable season is ending, so take advantage of your garden-fresh beauties or farmers' market finds through the process of canning. Canning seems to get a bad rap. And to some people it’s intimidating. But not anymore! We’re going to walk you through the simple process of water bath canning, and debunk the seemingly daunting steps that come with this craft.
How to Make Homemade Stock
Stocks are the foundation of classic cooking — they won't dazzle you with their good looks, but surely will with what they bring to your cooking endeavors. Simply follow our fundamental guidelines, including our six principles for making from-scratch stock, and you'll soon be creating amazing soups, stews, and more.
How to Flavor & Tenderize Meat and Vegetables with Marinades
Look around your kitchen, and you’ll see everything needed to add extra layers of flavor or to tenderize your favorite meal — vinegars, juices, milk, vegetables, spices, even wine. In this step-by-step tutorial we explain all that you should know about marinades and how they work . . . while you relax.
How to Preserve and Save Summer Tomatoes
Don’t let summer’s bounty shrivel on the vine. Learn how to preserve the season in this quick tutorial on slow-roasting or freezing summer’s sweetest tomatoes. It’s a surefire way to keep their fresh flavor alive all winter long.
Learn All About Indirect Grilling
What is indirect grilling? It's bascially a technique that turns your grill into an outdoor oven so you can cook big items, like whole chickens, pork loins, pizzas, etc. So the next time you fire up the grill, follow these four simple steps, and take the indirect route to perfectly cooked meats, vegetables, and more.
How to Make Quick Pickles
For an easy, detailed guide on how to make from-scratch quick dill pickles, look no further.
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Recipes
Spicy Pickled Vegetables
Pickling vegetables is super easy and a great way to have delicious homemade pickles.
Garlicky Green Beans
To keep most of their color and texture but cut the raw starchiness, blanch the beans briefly, then immediately plunge in ice water to quickly stop their cooking.
Ginger Glazed Carrots
This recipe makes a super tasty side dish. Look for heirloom carrot varieties that are a hot trend now at farmers' and specialty markets.
Brandied Carrots & Parsnips
Brandied Carrots & Parsnips will be the perfect side dish for dinner. These carrots are flavored with sweet and savory notes makes a perfect side for a holiday meal.
Italian Green Beans
Italian ingredients in this colorful vegetable dish complement the array of other flavors in the meal.
Asparagus Tabbouleh
This Asparagus Tabbouleh takes the classic Middle Eastern dish and gives it a comforting, savory upgrade. Made with roasted asparagus, crispy prosciutto, and feta, this main-dish grain salad is hearty and satisfying.
Roasted Asparagus
Roasting asparagus intensifies its flavor, making it a simple yet delectable savory topper for the French toast.
Beet Carpaccio Salad
Beets are a concentrated source of many nutrients, including bone-building phosphorus and energy-producing iron, as well as fiber, folate, potassium, and magnesium. Beets may also help lower bad cholesterol.
Vegetable Slaw
Although this slaw certainly tastes good on its own, it's intended to be served right on top of dishes, like shawarma.
Zucchini Linguine
No, that’s not pasta on the plate! It’s actually “linguine” made from julienned zucchini. This simple-to-make side dish of zucchini noodles sautéed in a little olive oil for just a few minutes, is a great low-carb alternative to pasta.
Grilled Potatoes & Asparagus
Grilled Potatoes & Asparagus are an easy and healthy side dish for any grilled meal. There will be leftover béarnaise sauce from the Open-Faced Steak Sandwiches, which is perfect to serve with these veggies.
Avocado Salad
This Avocado Salad is incredible simple, but the accompanying flavors really pack a punch for a fresh summer side dish.