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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
Sautéed Radishes with orange-tarragon butter & bacon
Radishes are a member of the mustard family, so their flavor can range from mild to peppery. Sautéing them lessens their assertiveness, and marrying them with bacon and an orange-tarragon butter sauce makes for a colorful and delicious spring side dish.
Quick Sweet Potato Fries
Yes, fries can be a part of your nutrish-ish diet. These broiled sweet potato fries are a side dish that's certain to perk up your taste buds.
Creamed Greens with ham
Creamed Greens with ham is a Southern Thanksgiving side dish. The ham broth for these greens can be made the day before the big meal, and then the dish can be pulled together in minutes.
Mushroom Paté
Serve this umami-rich Mushroom Paté spread at your next celebration or holiday, and it will be gone before you know it. Cheers!
Parmesan Tomatoes
High-quality cheese and fully ripe tomatoes make all the difference in this recipe. Heirloom tomatoes have more flavor and texture, but shorter shelf lives. The key to revealing the flavor of these gems is minimal cooking. To that end, we’re dishing up these hardly broiled cheesy tomatoes.
Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with late-summer succotash
Take advantage of a farmers’ market, a CSA, or your own garden for fresh tomatoes, corn, and beans to make these Roasted Stuffed Tomatoes a one-stop recipe. Heirloom tomatoes have more flavor and texture, and the key to revealing the flavor of these gems is minimal cooking. To that end, we’ve created this barely roasted dish of succotash-stuffed tomatoes that overflow with the bounty of summer.
Cucumber Salad
Toss together this quick and easy Cucumber Salad side dish for a refreshing accompaniment to your favorite spicy dish.
Grilled Ratatouille
Since there's tons of fresh produce available this time of year, put it to good use in Ratatouille [ra-tuh-TOO-ee], a traditional dish of simmered vegetables popular in the French region of Provence. This grilled version keeps everything fresh-tasting and complements your favorite grilled meats.
Roasted Potato Salad with garlic mayonnaise
For a new twist on potato salad, don’t skip the Roasted Potato Salad with garlic mayonnaise. Potatoes, bacon, and mayonnaise; is a match made in heaven.
Curried Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with apples and raisins
The Curried Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad might not be a classic party side dish, but it’s divine. Rich curry flavor, with bursts of fresh apple and golden raisins, is so addicting. Bring this side to your next summer cookout and give your friends a pleasant surprise!
Carrot & Feta Salad
The variety of textures and flavors make this Carrot & Feta Salad irresistible; each bite is better than the last.
Roasted Radishes & Tops with yogurt dressing
Oh, radishes — one of spring’s first veggies to be planted, harvested, and enjoyed. But instead of eating them raw in a salad, we’re roasting them with their tops and marrying them with a yogurt-goat cheese dressing. Tender and creamy, this dish is so satisfying.