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.
The mood color is red! Stuffing peppers and tomatoes. Who doesn’t like them? Everyone loves them! Let’s prepare this wonderful dish from red, fleshy peppers and tomatoes and enjoy the taste, aroma and red-a beautiful view of bright autumn vegetables!
Rösti is a Swiss national dish made from grated raw or boiled potatoes with additives of vegetable or animal fats. Rösti, hash Browns, potato cakes, shredded potato pancakes… you can name it in different ways. Can be used as a side dish. Tonight I will cook a potato rösti with cheese and onions. Potatoes and cheese are perfectly combined, which means it will be very tasty.
When you want to serve unusual and delicious – ordinary potatoes! Fragrant potatoes with garlic, spicy butter and fried cheese will please not only with their appearance, but also with their taste! I highly recommend it, especially since cooking is simple and fast!
Autumn is rich and generous with gifts. Today, vegetables and fruits are ripe, juicy, flavorful and rich in vitamins. It is now that we will get full enjoyment from them, using them daily. For example, we will cook familiar and beloved dumplings with potatoes in stewed vegetables, it is very tasty, especially when hot. Treat.
Very tasty, baked zucchini “cups” stuffed with minced lamb and millet. Under a cheese crust and with a spicy aroma of spices and vegetables. Zucchini looks great on a plate and is suitable for a festive menu.
Many people cook and love stuffed zucchini! But if it’s a dish to prepare in the form of boats, with a juicy stuffing from the Turkey, and besides on the grill… then no words can describe how delicious it is! It is better to cook once, I highly recommend it! In addition, this is a very healthy, low – calorie dish and is prepared-quickly!
I think everyone knows the famous fast food chain where they prepare delicious baked potatoes with different fillings. Russian soul loves potatoes, nothing can be done. And perhaps no picnic is complete without baked potatoes on the coals or on the grill. I suggest a recipe in the style of “potato crumbs” with a salad of homemade sausage, cheese and pickles. I assure you, these potatoes will be eaten faster than a barbecue at a picnic!
I will say right away that I will stuff the peppers in an unusual way. I stuff them with a filling of ground Turkey and vegetables with rice, add olives. Peppers can be prepared at home and take with you on a picnic, or take semi-finished products and bake them in nature in foil in coals. It’s up to you. They are good and hot and cold.
Pepper stuffed with Turkey and baked in foil is delicious, healthy and dietary. You can cook at home and take with you on a picnic, or you can bake on coals or grill in nature. The recipe is universal, like a cold appetizer or a hot dish.