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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

Steamed Corn On the Grill

Utilize the grill while it's hot and cook up a tender ear of corn without charring the sweet yellow kernels.

Remove Excess Liquid by Squeezing Sauerkraut

Keep dishes from getting soggy with this quick and easy tip for eliminating excess liquid from sauerkraut.

A Mess-Free Way to Chop Canned Tomatoes

No need for knives and cutting boards. Check out this no muss, no fuss way to cut canned tomatoes in no time.

Clump-Free Frozen Vegetables

Here's a simple, fuss-free way to keep your frozen peas and other vegetables from becoming big icy clumps.

A Mess-Free Way to Clean Mushrooms

Instead of brushing the dirt off of the individual mushrooms, here's a way to easily wash them.

How to Remove Stems from Kale and Other Sturdy Greens

There is no need to spend time cutting off each kale leaf. Use this quick tip to remove kale leaves from the stem with ease.

How to Safely Use a Mandoline

Looking for an easy way to slice vegetables and get professional looking results? See how to cut slices of uniform thickness.

How to Roast Garlic

Roasting garlic brings out its mellow sweet side and reduces its pungency. Roast garlic perfectly using this tip.

How to Cut Hard Winter Squash

Hard winter squashes can be a challenge to cut. Here's a quick way to slice through them like butter.

Spin Zucchini Dry With Your Salad Spinner

Zucchini makes a fresh addition to any late-summer dish. While it holds a lot of water, it couldn't be simpler to remove it.

How to Store Asparagus

Nobody likes soggy-tipped asparagus. Keep your spears fresher longer with this quick and simple tip.

How to Cut & Core Cabbage

Working with a head of fresh cabbage can be slightly intimidating, but fear no more — here’s what to do.


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

Vegetable Pearl Couscous

Steer your eating habits in a healthful direction by bulking up pasta with loads of fresh vegetables. This makes a great vegetarian dinner or easy side dish for a Mediterranean-inspired meal.

It’s easy to eat healthfully — and stay full — with this couscous dish. The trick to getting it on the table quick is chopping the vegetables into small pieces. Virtually any vegetable will do. Produce like broccoli, carrots, and grape tomatoes are available yearround, but for bigger impact, add …

Caprese Gratin

A gratin [GRAH-tn] is any dish that’s covered with cheese or bread crumbs, then browned in the oven. This one features fresh tomato and mozzarella slices dressed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and fresh basil — the staples of Italy’s caprese [kah-PREH-seh] salad.

Although a caprese salad isn’t traditionally baked, the idea of turning it into a gratin really isn’t that far-fetched — just cross the border from …

Summer Squash Gratin

Just because you’re assigned “vegetables” for the potluck doesn’t mean your contribution can’t be a hit! Bring this gratin side dish starring fresh yellow squash and zucchini. Enhanced with Parmesan, sage, and cayenne, the flavor is good through and through. Still, everyone’s favorite part will inevitably be the toasted topping, so use a larger-than-necessary dish for more surface area, ensuring there’s plenty in every serving.

Grilled Green Beans

Foil pouches are a great way to get perfectly steamed, crisp-tender vegetables. This quick and easy side dish grills right alongside the rest of the meal.

Grilled Parmesan Asparagus

A side of asparagus tossed with olive oil, salt, and black pepper, then quickly grilled, proves that even the simplest recipes can be sophisticated.

Cool Broccoli Salad with Lemon-Buttermilk Dressing

Broccoli salad is classic picnic fare. This version has a cooling and bright lemon-buttermilk dressing, golden raisins, and sunflower seeds for crunch.

Asparagus with Rémoulade

If you take your party on the road, these spears are just as delicious served at room temperature, but keep the sauce chilled. Rémoulade [ray-muh-LAHD] is a classic French mayonnaise-based sauce that’s particularly good with crab cakes.

Cauliflower Crunch Salad

Toss crisp cauliflower and carrots with a jazzed-up ranch dressing, top with crunchy, salty cashews and bacon, and what do you get? The best side dish to serve at picnics and potlucks.

Quick Dill Pickles

Don't limit yourself to pickling just cucumbers — any of your favorite (or most plentiful) vegetables are prime for pickling — cauliflower, okra, asparagus, summer squash, carrots, to name a few — just keep in mind, thinner-skinned produce like cucumbers, zucchini, and corn work best. Learn more about How to Make Quick Pickles here.

Roasted Vegetable Salad

Roast a plethora of vegetables and top with a herbs, a red wine vinaigrette, and goat cheese for a colorful veggie-focused side dish.

Squash Ribbon Salad with fennel & chives

To keep things on the light and summery side, Squash Ribbon Salad with fennel & chives makes a great side dish for grilled fish or meat.

Creamy Avocado Hominy Salad

Hominy is a whole grain that provides some health benefits — it’s low in fat, has a good amount of fiber, and is cholesterol-free.