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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 Clean Leeks
Leeks can be challenging to clean, especially if you want to keep the leek in tact. Use this tip to do both!
How to Wash Salad Greens Without a Salad Spinner
This quick tip makes eating your greens easier and cleaner. Now there's really no reason to skip the greens!
How to Roast Poblanos
If you're looking to get that smoky flavor of roasted peppers, check out this quick-and-easy tip on how to roast poblanos.
Hack for "Chopping" Leafy Greens
Make easier work of chopping unruly leafy greens with this simple tip that only requires a resealable plastic bag.
The Easiest Way to Seed Hot Chiles
Stop the burn and save your fingers with this simple kitchen tip for seeding and cleaning out hot chile peppers.
How to Clean Seeds from a Pumpkin
Clean out a small cooking pumpkin or winter squash efficiently and safely with this common kitchen item.
How to Core & Seed Bell Peppers
It can be tricky to clean out bell peppers without feeling wasteful. Here's how to do it easily, and avoid losing much pepper flesh.
How to Prep Kale
Preparing greens just got a whole lot easier with this simple trick. Now there's no excuse for not eating your veggies!
Easy, Mess-Free Potato Slicing
This quick tip will save frustration and time in the kitchen. Not to mention, it may even save a few fingers!
How to Use Up Leftover Lettuce
Do you have brown lettuce in your refrigerator? Utilize your greens before they are a total loss with this recipe tip.
How to Remove Silk From Corn
With sweet corn season in full bloom, save time shucking with these simple-to-do tips that uses things already in your house or kitchen.
How to Trim Asparagus
Stop snapping and start tapping. Fresh asparagus is a treat this time of year so get the most out of each stalk with this easy tip.
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
Grilled Zucchini Hummus
With just 5 ingredients, this Zucchini Hummus is bound to surprise you. Grilling the zucchini adds a charred, smoky flavor to the veggie-packed dip while the rest of the ingredients are pretty standard. This Zucchini Hummus is the perfect summer appetizer or snack!
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.