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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

How to Keep Mashed Potatoes Warm

This traditional way to keep potatoes warm still works just as well as it did 50 years ago. Give it a try!

An Easy Way to Seed Hot Chiles

Vegetable peelers aren't just for peeling — here are a couple ways to use another part of the handy little tool.

How to Easily Peel Shallots

Stop struggling with stubborn skins and use this no-fuss method for peeling shallots and onions quickly and easily.

How to Safely Dice an Avocado

The soft, buttery texture of ripe avocado can make it difficult to work with. So dice it up while it's still in the skin, instead!

How to Husk Tomatillos

Tomatillos are versatile and easy to cook with. A papery husk is all that stands between you and this sweet-tart fruit.

How to Prepare Potatoes Ahead and Keep Peeled Potatoes From Browning

These simple tips makes it easy to prepare potatoes ahead, by keeping them as fresh and white as when you peeled them!

How to Properly Store Romaine Lettuce

Make a mental note of this quick idea — it's a good way to maximize refrigerator space. Plus, it keeps lettuce fresher!

Rice Your Avocados for Perfectly Smooth Guacamole

Is guacamole on the menu for your fiesta? Here's a trick that provides the perfect texture ... plus a quick bonus recipe for perfect creamy guacamole!

How to Peel Ginger

Waste not! Put down that vegetable peeler and take out the silverware to get rid of pesky ginger skin without losing any ginger.

How to Peel Lots of Garlic at the Same Time

Sometimes peeling garlic is a messy and difficult job. Make things easier (cleanup's a breeze!) with this quick tip.

All About Tomatillos

Chances are tomatillos aren't your go-to ingredient or you don't use them often. Learn all about the berries with our tip.

How to Seed Tomatoes

Love tomatoes but hate seeding them? Here’s a tip for doing it quickly and efficiently.


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

Marinated Mushroom Salad with Grape Tomatoes

Finish a cozy meal, like our Chicken Florentine Soup, with a mushroom salad that’s the perfect tangy counterbalance.

Sweet Potato Skins with Soy Chorizo & Black Beans

Give your fans something to cheer about — make these healthy-ish appetizers for your game-day spread. Not only are they a smarter choice than the usual, but flavor is up front and center. Are loaded potato skins your thing? Not to worry. These sweet potato skins bursting with soy chorizo, spiced-up black beans, and Jack cheese aren’t to be missed.

Parsnip Soup with Roasted Parsnips

From soups to stews and sautés, these ivory-colored root vegetables were once a staple starch of the medieval diet. And while their popularity has come in and gone out of favor through the years, these sweet, earthy, and versatile roots are worth checking out. This parsnip soup has a luxuriously smooth, creamy texture, but can be considered healthy despite the addition of a bit of cream. Crunchy roasted parsnips add a nice contrasting texture and simple garnish.

Winter Root Vegetable Gratin

Take advantage of winter root vegetables, like rutabaga, potatoes, and squash, with this elegant gratin. Layers of thinly sliced veggies are baked in a flavored cream mixture with grated cheese for a decadent and hearty side dish. Baked au gratin-style, a French technique of topping (usually) cream-based dishes with a crispy, cheesy crust, this vegetable side dish is flavorful and satisfying. The key to a successful gratin is to ensure all of the vegetables are sliced to the same thickness s…

Mushroom Ragoût with Vol-au-Vents

To complement a soup and salad, complete the meal with a savory vegetarian mushroom ragoût served in vols-au-vent [vawls-oh-VAHN], a fancy name for puff pastry boxes. You can make the pastries a day in advance and store them in an airtight container to keep them crisp, then fill them with the brandy-laced mushrooms for the perfect way to wake up your taste buds.

Roasted Mushrooms

These Roasted Mushrooms are a downright delicious side dish. Roasting just happens to be the best method for cooking funghi, too, especially for a large group.

Fennel & Apple Salad with Roasted Beets

If you’re not a fan of beets, this salad with fennel and apples just might change your mind. Roasting completely transforms beets’ earthy flavor into something so much sweeter. Just be careful when you’re handling beets — they turn everything a magenta color.

Colcannon with Kale & Cheddar

Potatoes are an absolute must with a roast and sauce. But these, with cabbage, kale, and Cheddar are anything but ordinary. Similar to mashed potatoes, colcannon is a much loved Irish favorite. This recipe includes kale for outstanding color and Cheddar for cheesy flavor.

Fondant Potatoes & Brussels Sprouts with Velvety Pan Sauce

Your holiday meal deserves some classic and uptown side dishes. The Fondant Potatoes aren’t covered in icing, as their name might imply, but are cooked with deglazed fond, which are the bits left in the pan from browning meat. Rounding out the dinner, almost literally, are Brussels sprouts — they’re cooked right alongside the potatoes — and with all the juices left in the pan, a silky sauce is created.

Roasted Vegetable Mélange

Complete any quick and easy meal with a trio of roasted vegetables — Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and red onions. Not only do they make a bold presentation, their flavors balance the sweet sauce. Aside from the initial ingredient prep, this side dish is mostly hands-off, giving you time to bring the rest of your dinner together.

Everything Bagel Cauliflower with Herbed Cream Cheese

If you still aren’t convinced of cauliflower’s versatility yet, you will be now. Based on the flavors of an everything bagel, this whole-roasted head of cauliflower delivers the works with its flavor and presentation, plus it handily feeds a crowd. Then all this head needs is an herbed goat and cream cheese dip to complete the bagel shop theme.

Maple-Glazed Delicata Squash with Farro & Arugula

Delicata squash is said to have a taste that’s a cross between butternut squash and sweet potatoes. A winter squash, it’s a very good source of fiber, many vitamins and minerals, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Here, paired with farro and arugula, you have a quick and hearty vegan side dish for a fall or winter dinner.