The Most Versatile Vegetable
Butternut squash is one of the handiest and healthiest vegetables you can serve. It might win the vegetable versatility award, as you can bake or roast it, steam or boil it, use it in stews or a stir-fry.
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Not Your Grandmother’s Brussels Sprouts
If you hated Brussels sprouts when you were young because they tasted strong and bitter, it is definitely time to try them again. Today’s Brussels sprouts are sweeter and milder-tasting than you may recall.
Homemade Soups: Easy and Nutritious
It is almost as easy to make vegetable soup as it is to open a can of vegetable soup. And homemade soup will have more flavor and more nutrients than what comes off the shelf.
A Meal In One Vegetable
You want to know one of the best ways to get lots of flavor and texture into one simple dish? Well, stuff it!
Children Are Happy With Toys or Candy at Halloween
Children are just as likely to choose a small toy as candy when offered both on Halloween, according to a Yale study.
Secrets For Making Great Vegetable Stews
If stewing brings to mind chunks of meat simmering slowly in flavorful liquid, remember some of the best stews are meatless dishes like ratatouille as well as other European dishes.
Mothers’ Diets Serve As Example For Daughters
When it comes to eating high-fat foods, daughters do as their mothers do, at least to some extent, according to new research reported in the American Journal of Health Behavior.
Is a Vegetarian Diet Healthier?
There’s no question that vegetarian eating can be healthful and nutritionally adequate, according to the American Dietetic Association. But experts say that the question of whether vegetarian eating is better than non-vegetarian eating depends on exactly what is in that vegetarian diet.
Roasted Vegetables Are A Revelation
Once, the only roasted vegetables most people made were potatoes, either nestled next to a chicken, set in a pan under a rack holding a leg of lamb (as the French do), or scattered around a hefty rib roast.
Unstuffed Cabbage Streamlines A Family Favorite
Who makes the stuffed cabbage in your family? This robust dish inhabits the souls of those with roots in Eastern Europe, where cabbage dishes fuel people through harsh winters.
Tempting Ways to Serve Tomatoes
Tomatoes are rich in so many good things, including vitamin C, lycopene and assorted carotenes, that eating them every day is a good idea – especially while local, ripe tomatoes are at their peak.
Celebrate Summer In The Kitchen
This is the time of year when ingredients go from the garden to the table without much human intervention.
Eggplant: Improving the Odds for a Good One
At this time of year, when eggplant is at its peak, I am frequently asked how to pick one that is neither bitter nor seedy. With difficulty, is the answer.
Creamy Corn Bisque is a Lean Surprise
When local corn is in season, I can dine on half a dozen ears, steamed or in their husk, with the warm, earth-spice smell of the vine still clinging to them.
