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.
Potatoes with spices and vegetables: bell pepper; onion; garlic, rolled in white breadcrumbs and olive oil, baked in the oven. This is practically an independent dish, but you can also use it as a side dish to some meat or fish. Suitable for a festive table. This is a very tasty potato!
A delicious and very colorful dish, which, moreover, is prepared very quickly. Try it — I am sure you will be satisfied! In the ingredients, I specified both sweet potatoes and French fries, because they are interchangeable.
It was a festive breakfast. Mashed potato patties with green onions and dill, seasoned with olive oil and corn flour. I will definitely cook a poached egg for them, which I will cook differently, and everyone will get it!
Fragrant, ruddy, soft potato pancakes with sausage filling and garlic sauce can be served for breakfast, lunch, dinner or as a snack. You can take it with you to work. I made potato pancakes in a slow cooker.
Curry is an unusual seasoning. This is either accepted unconditionally or denied unconditionally. A recipe for lovers of this specific Indian seasoning. What can I say? Delicious, tender, creamy potatoes! It is good both by itself and in combination with meat, poultry and fish. The author of the recipe, Russian American Tanya, in her blog cooktoria.com , offers two options: with fat coconut milk and a mixture of ordinary cow’s milk and cream. For obvious reasons, I have prepared the second option. I recommend it!
I suggest cooking young zucchini in a simple and quick way that will allow you to get a delicious dish with minimal effort on your part. It’s so simple that I was surprised not to find such a recipe on the website.
A budget and hearty breakfast is very easy to prepare from absolutely simple products that are in every refrigerator. If there is no Peking cabbage, you can replace it with ordinary white cabbage. The omelet turns out very juicy;)
I noticed that I am happy to cook zucchini when they first appear. And then, for some reason, the priority goes to other vegetables… Today there is a fresh look at zucchini, a new taste, because it is a baked option. And other vegetables complement each other harmoniously.
