Hot Vegetable Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make braised sunflowers with herbed ricotta salad
Sunflowers are more edible than just the seeds! This is a delicious, unique summertime salad. Apart from 4 large sunflowers, you will also need: dry white wine, lemon juice, lemon zest, bay leaves, olive oil, garlic, thyme, basil, parsley, mint, salt, white pepper, ricotta, lemon zest, nutmeg, unseasoned breadcrumbs, gold raisins, rinsed capers, anchovy filets and honey. Make braised sunflowers with herbed ricotta salad.
How To: Make fresh and delicious traditional dolmades (Greek stuffed grape leaves)
What makes this recipe different is the egg and lemon sauce that gives it a bit of zing. You will also need one jar of grape leaves, 1 pound of ground beef, beef stock, rice, olive oil, onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Make fresh and delicious traditional dolmades (Greek stuffed grape leaves).
How To: Make a vegetarian pate out of mushrooms and Parmesan cheese
A delicious alternative to the traditional duck liver pate, this one uses mushrooms and Parmesan cheese to achieve the pate texture and flavor. You will also need olive oil, garlic, onion, thyme, parsley, heavy cream, butter, sherry, salt, pepper and rounds of bread to serve it on. Make a vegetarian pate out of mushrooms and Parmesan cheese.
How To: Make meat-free sweet and sour Swedish meatballs
If you love Swedish meatballs, but are trying to cut down on your red meat or go vegetarian, this recipe is for you! Use the Morningstar meat substitute to make this delicious dish. Serve as an appetizer, a side dish or even an entree!
How To: Make an Italian vegetable pot pie
This recipe is hearty enough to serve as the main dish or entree for any dinner, but it's completely vegetarian! It also uses mostly Italian vegetables, such as zucchini, peppers and tomatoes. Add a few potatoes, use a white pasta sauce as your gravy and then bake!
How To: Make an herbed navy and white bean side dish
Beans don't have to be boring! This recipe shows you how to make a delicious side dish using primarily navy beans and white beans. After soaking and cooking the beans, you can add herbs and pancetta and end with this palate pleaser. Make an herbed navy and white bean side dish.
How To: Make some delicious and healthy party snacks for kids
Just because it's a party doesn't mean that you shouldn't still care what your kids eat. This video shows you how to make a fun, tasty and nutritious appetizer for a kid's party - fill little pastry baskets with dyed mashed potatoes and other good food!
How To: Make savory mock zucchini soufflé with Mark Bittman
Souffles are culinary works of art. But if you've ever made one - or tried to do so - you know that achieving the perfect flaky consistency and puff is a task only the Martha Stewart cooks/bakers among us can accomplish.
How To: Make easy braised red cabbage with apple with Martha Stewart "Mad Hungry"
Red cabbage is probably not first - or high up - on your list of delicious side dishes to make for you family. Cabbage is, after all, a vegetable, and to most kids vegetables are icky and chores to eat.
How To: Make baked artichoke hearts with Martha Stewart "Mad Hungry"
Need a nutritious and delicious side dish that you can make in a jiffy? It sounds impossible, but these baked artichoke hearts fit just the bill. Made with fiber-rich artichoke hearts, this dish will be quite the crowd-pleaser.
How To: Make a radish rosette to garnish your food
Radish rosettes are an elegant and beautiful way to garnish any savory dish - and fortunately, they are also easy to make! This video shows you a quick and easy method to carve a few rosettes out of large radishes, using a small paring knife. Dress up any salad or veggie platter with this technique!
How To: Cook Black Eyed Peas on New Year's Day (Hoppin' John Recipe)
If you've been wondering why you're so unlucky, maybe it's because you haven't been following the New Year's Day tradition like everyone else in the world. So, if you want your luck to change in 2011, you better grab the black-eyed peas and make some Hoppin' John!
HowTo: Impossible Potato Carving
WonderHowTo favorite Foodwishes celebrates their 500th video with a tutorial on carving a potato ball in a potato box. Thanks, Chef John!
How To: Make fanned russet potatoes brushed with oil
Mashed potatoes and baked potatoes are delicious, but SO tired. Serve your family something new and satisfying for dinner tonight by preparing these fanned russet potatoes. Brushed with oil for an extra crispiness and for color, these fanned potatoes are great served alone or alongside a juicy meat dish.
How To: Make sweet tasting cinnamon-glazed roasted carrots
If you're not a fan of warm or hot carrots, it's probably because you haven't tried the right ones. These oven-roasted carrots are sure to change your mind about warmed up carrots. This recipe from Katie Barszcz is almost dessert-like, which makes it the perfect side dish for a Thanksgiving feast.
How To: Make mashed potatoes and sweet potato gnocchi for Thanksgiving
During Thanksgiving, cooks, who are often limited by time and oven capacity, must choose between classic Thanksgiving side dishes like mashed potatoes and more interesting, novel ones like Italian stuffed pasta shells. Have both a classic dish and a new one by checking out this video.
How To: Cook curried cauliflower steaks with raisin chutney
Just because it says "steaks" doesn't mean there's any meat here. Unlike most dishes that call for cauliflower, this one creatively slices the cauliflower into "steak" slabs instead of the usual separated florets. You won't believe your eyes! Or your mouth! This is the perfect side dish to liven things up.
How To: Make simple and basic refried beans from scratch
Before you start whipping up dishes like profiteroles stuffed with whipped cream and raspberries, you should probably master the basics first. You can't excel - and sometimes break the rules - without learning them first, right?
How To: Steam cook broccoli
Steamed broccoli is an easy vegetable to prepare. Thoroughly wash the broccoli. Cut off the florets. You will be able to see where to cut as they are attached to little stems. Take the florets are break apart so you have smaller pieces.
How To: Cook country style green beans
In this video, we learn how to cook country style green beans. To start, you will need to purchase two cans of green beans, it doesn't matter what style you buy, whatever you like. From here, pour the green beans and all the liquid into a sauce pan. Now, add in 1 tbsp oil (whatever kind you like) into the pan along with one packet of Goya ham flavored seasoning. This will season your dish as if 1/4 lb of smoked country ham has been added. Sprinkle this in and then heat it up and stir. When fi...
How To: Make twice baked sweet potatoes
Twice baked potatoes are great but for Thanksgiving why don't you try twice-baked sweet potatoes! Ingredients you will need:
How To: Prepare country style green beans
This is the country way to prepare green beans. The recipe is easy and delicious.
How To: Cook bacon-wrapped green bean bundles
In this video, we learn how to cook bacon-wrapped green bean bundles. First, purchase a large can of French style green beans. Drain the liquid from them and then bunch up a small amount in a bundle. Then, take your favorite kind of bacon and let it thaw. From here, wrap the bacon around the green beans, cutting the bacon in half if it's a small bundle. Put a toothpick in the middle to keep it all together, then place on a baking pan lined with foil. Bake in the oven at 300 degrees for 15 min...
How To: Make a vegetarian succotash
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a vegetarian succotash. To make this, you will need: garlic, onions, green beans, jalapeno pepper, red pepper, diced tomatoes, lima beans, corn, zucchini, cool zucchini, and olive oil. First, heat up the olive oil with some butter in a large pan. Then, saute your chopped onions until they are golden brown. Then, throw in the garlic, red bell pepper, and jalapeno and cook for three minutes. Make sure you have chopped everything up before adding it. Now, a...
How To: Cook soul food style string beans
In this tutorial, we learn how to cook soul food style string beans. First, drain all the water out of the can of green beans. Then, leave half the liquid in another can of green beans. Put them all into a pan, then add 2 tbsp olive oil along with salt, pepper, garlic powder, seasoned salt, onion powder, and soy sauce. Then, add in 2 tbsp of butter to the string beans. Add as much or as little of the seasoning to the beans as you'd like and just let it heat up. When finished and hot, serve an...
How To: Make crispy vegetarian fried green tomatoes
Thanksgiving should officially be known as the holiday of comfort food. After all, it's night impossible to get through the occasion without gaining at least five pounds from all the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, apple pies, etc.
How To: Cook vegan potato mushroom blintzes
Blintzes are thin pancakes that have their origins in Russia. Like French crepes, they can be eaten with either savory or sweet toppings. Some examples of what you might add to a blintz are honey, sour cream, butter, cottage cheese, and even caviar.
How To: Prepare fried green tomatoes with Paula Deen
What the heck are green tomatoes? They sound kind of weird, but really they're just unripe tomatoes. Green tomatoes are especially hard and taste unbelievable when they're fried.
How To: Core and cut tomatoes
In this video, we learn how to core and cut tomatoes with Skinny and Mini. First, you will need to rinse off your tomatoes and then pop the tomato corer into the core of the tomato. Give it a twist, then the core will pop right out of it. Once you do this, you will cut the tomato into slices. First, cut off the top of it to throw away, then use your knife to cut additional slices out of the tomato. This will make the perfect slices for a sandwich or a dish. From here, you can cut the rest int...
How To: Cook a pumpkin
In this tutorial, we learn how to cook a pumpkin. First, place foil on a baking dish where you will cook the pumpkin. Then, cut the pumpkin in half and scoop out all of the insides out into a bowl. Next, rub olive oil inside the pumpkins and on the outside of them and place onto the baking sheet. Now, bake these in the oven at 375 at the bottom rack in the oven for 30 minutes. Test out to see if their done by sticking a knife in and seeing if it comes out easily. Then, scoop the insides out a...
How To: Makes wilted greens and veggies
In this video we learn how to make wilted greens and veggies. First, heat up some olive oil in a hot iron pan. Then, add in some chopped onions and saute them with some chopped garlic. From here, chop up tomatoes into cubes and then add them into the pan. Next, chop up some spinach and add that into the skillet. From here, add in mini greens that are left whole and a couple leafs of romaine lettuce as well. Add any kind of greens that you would like for this combo. Now, place the top on the i...
How To: Cook fried pumpkin
In this video, we learn how to cook fried pumpkin. You will need: pumpkin, beaten egg, flour, and hot oil. First, take the pumpkin and place it into the egg. From here, pour the flour in a bag and then put the pumpkin in side the bag and shake it until it's coated. Next, place the pumpkin pieces into a skillet that has hot oil in it. Cook the pumpkin on both sides until it's dark golden brown everywhere. Place these onto a paper towel to drain the excess oil. Sprinkle on some salt and enjoy t...
How To: Make a frittata and hash brown casserole
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a frittata and hash brown casserole. First, preheat the oven at 350 and measure out 1 c chopped onion, 1/2 c chopped green onions, can of mushroom soup, 1 c shredded cheese, and 1 bag shredded hash browns. Now, saute the onions and peppers in oil in a skillet over high heat for five minutes. After this, add in the rest of the ingredients and then cook until well combined. From here, place in a casserole dish and put in the oven, then cover with foil. Nex...
How To: Cook perfect broccoli
In this video, we learn how to cook perfect broccoli. When making broccoli, you want something that is not mushy but not hard and bright green. First, you will need to cut the florets so they are all the same size. From here, boil some water with lots of salt in it. After this, you will put the broccoli into the pot. Let this cook for exactly three minutes. After this, take the vegetable out using a filter so the water drips off. Then, put it into ice cold water so it stops cooking. From here...
How To: Clean and store lettuce
In this tutorial, we learn how to clean and store lettuce. Rinsing the lettuce takes a lot of time, but if you do this right and store it right it will last longer in the fridge. Start off by filling up your clean sink with cold water. After this, grab your lettuce and place it down into the water. Soak these for several seconds, then shake them off. Lay them on damp paper towels for several minutes until they are dried off. After you have all your lettuce dried out, you need to roll up your ...
How To: Make basic hash browns
What goes great with eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast? Hash browns of course. You will need:
How To: Make baked eggplant patties
This is a good dish to serve with pasta and it is easy to prepare. Ingredients you will need:
How To: Cook yellow summer squash
In this tutorial, we learn how to cook yellow summer squash. You will need: yellow squash, zucchini, bacon, and salt to make this recipe. now, you will cut your bacon into strips and then cook it over medium heat in a large skillet. Once the bacon is fried and crispy, you will need to take it out along with most of the drippings, unless you like a lot of it in your recipe. After this, cut your vegetables up into thin slices. Then, add these along with some salt to the pot you cooked the bacon...
How To: Bake 30 minute simple scalloped potatoes
Scalloped potatoes are a comfort food dish enjoyed by many families during Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, but that time period tends to be the only time period in which this dish gets any play. That's because, delicious as they are, scalloped potatoes take an awful lot of work and time to prepare, and no one wants to slave away at the oven for hours.
How To: Make roasted Hubbard squash soup for fall
Most people throw out the seeds and mushy innards of a pumpkin after they carve it, an act that is a sin against pumpkins everywhere. Yeah, the outer skin of the pumpkin is the only area you can actually carve, but that doesn't mean the insides can't be put to good use.