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All About Vegetables

  • Recipes

    Corn Fritters

    These traditional savory snacks studded with corn are terrific as an appetizer or for a light supper. side-dish vegetables (side-di ...
    Tags: Side-dish, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Mexican Chicken Kebabs

    For summer cookouts, these colorful kebabs were Grandma's go-to. chicken kebabs vegetables ...
    Tags: Chicken, Kebabs, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Saucy Eggplant

    Eggplant gets a simple treatment that’s inexpensive, filling and versatile. Serve as a side dish or meatless entrée. eggplant sauce ...
    Tags: Eggplant, Sauce, Side-dish, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Multi-Colored Veggie Kebabs

    bell-peppers for-a-crowd grilling healthy ...
  • Recipes

    Herb-Roasted Chicken

    Each and every slice of this delicious and juicy herb-seasoned chicken partnered with colorful roasted vegetables is a winner! chicken holiday ...
    Tags: Chicken, Holiday, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Garlic Roasted Chicken

    Chicken brushed with butter and roasted with garlic and tender root vegetables makes a memorable Sunday dinner. chicken roast ...
    Tags: Chicken, Roast, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Honey Chicken Kebabs

    Savory skewers of honey-glazed chicken and flavor-packed vegetables are healthy, light bites everyone will enjoy! chicken vegetables ...
    Tags: Chicken, Vegetables
  • Questions

    Cooking Vegetables in Garlic

    When I cook vegetables—say, string beans—in oil, I often add slivers of garlic before adding the veg; but the garlic often burns quickly. How can I prevent this? Turn down the heat? Add the veg before the garlic? Or am I doomed to have burned garlic in m ...
    Tags: Asparagus, Beans, Broccoli, Garlic, Vegetables
  • Recipes

    Grilled Vegetable Salad

    Vegetables are grilled to slightly charred perfection and tossed with a light dressing, tangy feta cheese and basil for a truly memorable salad. grilling salad ...
    Tags: Grilling, Salad, Vegetables
  • Articles

    Healthy Food, Hidden in Plain Sight

    If you’re like most home cooks today, you want to feed your family wholesome and nutritious dinners but know the kids might balk at anything deemed “healthy” (ie, “yucky”). The good news is that if your family loves the comfort of homemade favorites ...
    Tags: Bread, Healthy, Vegetables
  • Articles

    Sweet on Sweet Potatoes

    Did You Know?   •    Yam or sweet potato? In America, these words are used interchangeably, but sweet potatoes and yams are not the same; in fact, they are two different species of plant, and to the rest of the world they are recognized as such. T ...
  • Articles

    Tips and Tricks for Kitchen Flubs and Flops

    It happens in the best of kitchens. The hand slips and a carload of cayenne lands in the chili. Even Grandma has once or twice over-mashed potatoes and come up with library paste. But luckily, she also has a few tricks up her sleeve to save many a cookin ...
    Tags: Eggs, Potatoes, Stews, Vegetables
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