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.
Think about it, everyone at least once, but did they cook something from raw grated potatoes – pancakes, for example? I offer you an almost similar preparation of cutlets with meat, the piquancy of which is given by dressing with pickled cucumbers! Very tasty, with a crispy crust and sour cream!
Braised cabbage, dear friends! And we will have boiled eggs in it! With creamed potatoes and golden onions! You will like the dish that you will cook only with the whole family! The dish turns out to be very tasty, creamy, tender, quite independent, and also well suited as a side dish and ideal for filling pies.
A dish of traditional Russian cuisine, involving baking in the oven. The proposed recipe is adapted for cooking “in a hurry” – it is an excellent side dish and may well claim to be an independent dish.
Crispy potato peel with juicy, tender and at the same time piquant filling. And you can also come up with something of your own, but don’t forget to use cheese. Perfect for dinner. These chips are very, very tasty. Try to cook and treat yourself.
Remember, when we were kids, we loved baked potatoes. And fried sausages on the fire. Teenagers love hot dogs and hamburgers these days. And if we try to create them based on our childhood? The taste of this snack will take you back to your childhood.
I offer a recipe for terrine with vegetables and ham, which turns out to be very tasty, light, tender and juicy. This dish is suitable both for a home feast, as a snack, and for a picnic, as a light snack.
Delicious, healthy, bright terrine. Great for those who are on a diet or just watching their health. Cooking this snack is very simple. You will enjoy yourself all day.