Vegetables

This creamed spinach recipe is luxuriously creamy and satisfying. It's also surprisingly simple: just spinach, butter, cream and Parmesan cheese.

Butternut squash is tasty served on its own, and it can also be used for making soups, pastas, even desserts. This roasted butternut squash purée recipe is where it all starts.

This recipe for sautéed Mushrooms Provençal might be the easiest dish you'll ever prepare. Earthy and aromatic, these mushrooms are delicious served hot or cold.

Carrots are one of the most common vegetables in the kitchen as well as one of the most fundamental ingredients in the culinary arts.

Brussels sprouts are little cabbages, and they can be a bit tough. But braising them, as we do in this recipe, softens them so that they're nice and tender.

Sometimes called string beans or wax beans, green beans are a versatile vegetable that is widely available fresh, frozen or canned.

This recipe for roasted or baked winter vegetables like turnips, parsnips, carrots and squash, is a perfect side dish for roasted meats or poultry.

What happens when you cross broccoli with mashed potatoes? You get broccoli mash! A tasty, satisfying side dish, broccoli mash is pure comfort food.

The key to fantastic caramelized onions: GBD, or golden, brown & delicious. Take a few extra minutes when cooking an onion, and you'll have a treat for the family right in your saute pan.

Ratatouille is a delicious, rustic vegetable stew made with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini and peppers. This illustrated tutorial shows you, step by step, how to make Ratatouille.

This refreshing summertime dish features thin ribbons of zucchini served with a simple sauce made of puréed red bell peppers called a "coulis."

This simple green beans dish goes with anything from poultry and seafood to veal, lamb or beef. Add the lemon juice at the very end, and don't be stingy, either!

This simple asparagus dish is a fantastic accompaniment for poultry or seafood, and served with rice it makes a terrific meal all by itself.

This simple but elegant salad features red and golden beets, mild feta cheese and baby greens tossed in a light dressing of olive oil and lemon juice.

Caramelized onions are a delicious accompaniment for grilled burgers and other hot sandwiches.

This recipe for glazed carrots, so named because the carrots are cut into slender batonnet cuts, is a great dish to serve alongside chicken and other poultry dishes.

Ratatouille is a traditional French dish made of eggplants, tomatoes and zucchini. This version uses zucchini and yellow squash.

Mirepoix is a combination of chopped carrots, celery and onions used to add flavor and aroma to stocks, sauces, soups and other foods.

This informational guide to mushrooms highlights a few of the most popular mushroom varieties, with descriptions and photos.

Roasted garlic is a complete transformation of raw garlic. Sweet, mild and delicious, you can use roasted garlic in pasta, pizza, mashed potatoes, or just spread it on crackers. Learn how to roast garlic.

Roasted beets, with their sweet earthy flavor, are one of the great culinary pleasures and they have all kinds of uses. Learn how to roast beets.

Beet greens are one of the most flavorful and easy kinds of greens you can prepare. Try this recipe for sautéed beet greens.