Vegetables are the edible part of various plants, which can be either a fruit, a tuber, a stem, or leaves.
In cooking, it is customary to call vegetables even the fruits of those plants that in the terminology of botany are called nothing else than berries or fruits. Example: a cucumber is a vegetable in cooking, and a berry in botany. Another example: a tomato is a vegetable in cooking, and a fruit in botany.
Vegetables are divided into categories that have the following form:
Vegetables are root vegetables, such as: carrots, turnips, horseradish, radishes, celery.
Vegetables, tubers, such as: sweet potato, Jerusalem artichoke.
Cabbage vegetables, such as: all kinds of cabbage.
Pumpkin vegetables, such as cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin, squash.
Spicy vegetables, such as basil, dill, marjoram, tarragon.
Grain vegetables, such as: sugar corn.
Legume vegetables, such as: beans, peas.
Dessert vegetables, such as: rhubarb, artichoke, asparagus.
Vegetables are part of almost all dishes of any national cuisine. The exceptions are, perhaps, desserts and pastries. Vegetable dishes always contain a large amount of vitamins and trace elements. Dishes with vegetables are good for health and are recommended for people on diets. Also, dishes with vegetables are indispensable during religious fasts. In addition, it is much easier to prepare a vegetable dish than a meat one, because cooking vegetables does not take much time.
Many vegetables are usually subjected to heat treatment before use. However, some vegetables are also eaten raw. For example, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers. Frozen vegetables retain most of the nutrients, including vitamins. Frozen vegetables are good because they can appear on our tables, even when it is “not the season” for them in nature. All vegetable dishes, recipes of which can be found in this section, have been verified by users.
Vegetable salads seasoned with vegetable oil are very tasty and healthy. If you are interested in how to cook vegetable stew, then it is stewed vegetables that form the basis of these stews, as well as goulash, roast, casseroles. In Chinese cuisine, rice with vegetables is widely used as a side dish for meat dishes. On our website you can find vegetable dishes with photos that make it easy to evaluate the whole cooking process.
This is the best zucchini recipe I’ve tried this year. A simple recipe for zucchini cubes with a Golden crust. This is a godsend for those who do not like to fry them and can cook zucchini in the oven, to taste, even better fried.
A dish for dinner or lunch from the series – guests on the doorstep… when there is no time to stand at the stove, and treat unusual, delicious and most importantly fast – I really want to! The oven and simple ingredients are enough. Mushrooms are better to take forest, not greenhouse, and you can not defrost them if they are frozen. This is not prepared every day – so guests will be well fed! The dish looks very elegant and appetizing on the table, suitable for holidays, delicious and flavorful, a little bit of horseradish)
Delicious, spicy and low-calorie dish. This fruit and vegetable stew with the addition of 1 tbsp. vinegar and without flour, you can close for the winter. This is an excellent preparation for borscht or appetizer, as well as a side dish for meat.
Very easy to prepare recipe for delicious, healthy, flavorful baked vegetables. You can eat as a side dish or an independent dish, delicious both hot and cold.
Recipe for lovers of “quiet hunting” and fans of mushroom dishes. It is prepared quickly and simply – the result is impressive! You can cook from both store-bought champignon and wild mushrooms, great for porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.
Chickpeas with stewed vegetables and minced chicken. A hearty, nutritious, bright, juicy, rich dish. It is prepared simply and quickly. Try. It’s delicious!
I offer you a delicious, flavorful, vegetable dish based on the Hungarian dish paprikash. In the season of the last vegetables from the garden, this dish will be in demand. The dish is universal, as a hot second course or side dish, or as an appetizer.
