Vegetable Cooking Tips and Recipe Ideas

Naomi ShulmanUndaunted by last week's mixed response to kabocha squash, I forged ahead this week with Project Produce -- one woman's brave attempt to get her daughters to eat vegetables. This week, however, I veered course a little bit. Squash may have been a bit too, I don't ... Read More

Naomi ShulmanWhat are my kids least likely to eat? Vegetables. What do I most want them to eat? Vegetables. Enter Project Produce. Every couple of weeks, I will prepare a new vegetable for my kids to sample -- and very possibly reject, but maybe also accept or even learn to like. The rules ... Read More

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JupiterimagesIf the only time you eat cabbage is when it's drenched with mayonnaise in coleslaw or boiled with corned beef for St. Patrick's Day, it's time to broaden your horizons. This surprisingly versatile vegetable just begs to be used more creatively -- so we've come up with some other ... Read More

AlamyIf winter is getting you down, these cauliflower recipes will perk you up. Opt for a brightly colored head of orange, green or purple cauliflower and you'll perk up your plate too. Any color will work in our creamy, cheesy chowder, nutty roasted cauliflower with a blue cheese vinaigrette ... Read More

Getty ImagesWhat's not to love about cauliflower? This question may sound facetious -- cauliflower has such a terrible reputation among picky children and vegetable haters that you'd think it was arsenic -- but it's not. Cauliflower is the perfect vegetable, as far as I'm concerned: appealing ... Read More

AlamyBean sprouts are the only vegetable I can think of that you can grow very easily at home, even if you don't have a garden. Of course, they're not technically a vegetable; they're just beans that have begun to germinate and grow shoots. But they can be treated like a vegetable, and they ... Read More

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EatingWellA member of the powerhouse brassica family (think: cabbage, broccoli), bok choy is high in all the nutrients you want and works well in preparations from roasting to braising. You can even eat it raw. Bok Choy Nutrition: A 1/2-cup serving of cooked bok choy has 10 calories ... Read More