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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

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Meaty, earthy, and fresh-tasting, these healthy Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms are so good you could make a meal of them, but you'll want to double the batch! For a true vegetarian meal, just substitute a rennet-free Italian style hard cheese for the Parmesan.

Pan-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts and prosciutto are perfect partners. But toss in pepperoncini rings to take this simple side from good to great.

Escarole & Butternut Squash Salad

The salad is the perfect combination of tender, roasted butternut squash, chewy dried cranberries, and crunchy pine nuts all dressed with a smoky chipotle-ranch dressing. And the dressing serves double duty as a salad topper, and a spicy dip for chips and fresh vegetables.

Broccoli & Sun-Dried Tomato Salad

Quick and easy, this salad of crisp-tender broccoli and sun-dried tomatoes is a good way to incorporate some tasty veggies into your dinner and diet.

Zucchini Slaw

Loaded with fresh herbs and bright lemon flavor, this slaw is just one tasty use of summer's most prolific vegetable.

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.