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.
It was my husband who taught me how to fry potatoes. To make it delicious, ruddy, he roasts it on high heat under the lid. It turns out quickly, but the main thing is that the crust becomes crispy. The simplest, but proven recipe.
I present to your attention a pepper stuffed with fish, baked in the oven. This dish is not very high in calories and very tasty! We were treated to a small sturgeon, and, in principle, there can be any juicy fish!
A Christmas table without potatoes? It seems to me that in our country it goes beyond fiction)) Especially when it comes to an ordinary average family (which we are). A simple, delicious dish that will look great on any festive table.
Surprise your family and friends by preparing an original, chic side dish of potatoes for the holiday. Cooking potato roses is very simple, the most difficult thing in the process is thinly sliced potatoes. Your potato bouquet will make a splash and decorate any festive table.
Before this recipe, I cooked pancakes in a different way, until two nieces from Belarus came to me. My girls have been living in Belarus for 20 years. That’s why they gave me this recipe. I’ll share it with you. Although of course for sure everyone has their own recipe for this delicious dish, but it doesn’t hurt. Moreover, the recipe for mushroom sauce will serve as an ideal match for him.
I present to your attention an elegant potato gratin with beetroot for the New Year’s table! Thanks to an additional layer of beetroot, the dish is not as difficult to digest as an ordinary French gratin. And when they found out that beetroot was in the composition, the children looked at the new dish with apprehension, however, after trying a piece, they asked for additives, which I was pleasantly surprised at)
