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.
Tomatoes stuffed with minced meat with smoked cheese, delicious and beautiful. Even on a festive table, it will be useful, and it is prepared easily and simply. Recommend.
Today I will show you an unusual recipe for cooking cauliflower. According to this recipe, it does not stay in the refrigerator for a long time. Usually eaten at a time, because it turns out very tasty. This dish is perfectly combined with any side dish. It can also be served as a separate dish. All guests ask for a recipe.
Autumn is the time to harvest not only fruits, but also vegetables. As here without potatoes! I’ll treat you to a secret potato casserole. Fast, delicious! Come in!
Autumn dish… Stuffed with any vegetables, mushrooms, minced meat. I have beef, but the author, V. Emelianenko, had chicken. I took my favorite leek instead of onions. Let’s remember the taste of everyone’s favorite “boats”.
This is not exactly a recipe, but rather the idea of cooking healthy and fast potatoes! Well, as a rule, we will not reduce the calories, but we will definitely not add, well… maybe just a little. In fact, the whole secret is in this cooking technology, which does not allow the oil to be absorbed, and it is prepared in a matter of minutes.