Hot Vegetable Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make a food penguin
Want to add some fun to your next meal? How about caving a penguin out of an eggplant and some carrots! Watch this video to find out how to make a food penguin. Make a food penguin.
How To: Peel a potato in one second
Did you know it was possible to peel a potato in just one second...??? This clip will show you that with a little steam and cold water, you can peel a potato in one second.
How To: Pick out and cook artichokes
For years, Tom has avoided "creepy looking" artichokes. Thanks to Chef Paul and a grocery store visit, the cooking novice successfully confronts his fear by eating Sautéed Beef tenderloin tips with artichokes, tomatoes, mushrooms and kalijira rice and stuffed artichokes Le Jeune Chef. Tom hopes his steely display of courage will inspire others.
How To: Make home fried potatoes
Chef Michael Lomonaco demonstrates how to make home fries. Potatoes are skillet fried and combined with cooked onions and seasoning to create tasty home fries, just like Grandma used to make them. Make home fried potatoes.
How To: Make minty sweet and sour eggplant
Chef Madhur Jaffrey demonstrates how to make minty sweet and sour eggplant. Eggplant, prepared with cumin seeds, cayenne pepper and fresh mint leaves, makes an ideal appetizer or side dish. This Middle Eastern dish is best served a side dish. Make minty sweet and sour eggplant.
How To: Make Rick's Refried Beans
Chef Rick Bayless demonstrates how to make Rick's refried beans. This useful recipe demonstrates how to make refried beans with a rich, meaty Mexican flavor. Make Rick's Refried Beans.
How To: Make frito misto of artichokes and fennel
Julia Child demonstrates how to make frito misto of artichokes and fennel. Meaning a fresh mix this Italian dish of vegetables is an excellent summer meal. Make frito misto of artichokes and fennel.
How To: Cook mixed beans
Watch this instructional video to learn how to cook mixed beans. All you need is garlic, onion, bacon grease, bell peppers, mixed beans, salt, and pepper.
How To: Peel potato skin
Watch this instructional video and learn a quick and easy way to peel potatoes. All you need is some hot water and icy water.
How To: Make sweet and sour cabbage
Add mouth-watering flavor to cabbage with this delicious sweet and sour recipe. With just a few ingredients, you'll have a hearty and healthy meal. You will need:cabbage, salt, pepper, tart apples, butter, flour, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar.
How To: Steam vegetables
Steamed vegetables are a nutritious and quick choice for any dinner table. We show you two ways to properly steam vegetables - in a basket and by blanching. You will need broccoli, cauliflower, green asparagus, green beans, salt, olive oil, water, pepper, a saucepan, steamer, bowl of iced water, a tray lined with paper towels, set of tongs, slotted spoon, and a small knife. Steam vegetables.
How To: Finely dice or mince fresh garlic
This video demonstrates how to finely chop or mince garlic. I find it much easier to use a little garlic press.
How To: Make eggplant falafel with tahini dressing
Julia Child and her guest demonstrate how to make eggplant falafel with tahini dressing. Falafel, an Israeli specialty containing chickpeas and eggplant, is served with crisp salad and colorful vegetables over pita bread. Make eggplant falafel with tahini dressing.
How To: Make homemade pickles
You can turn cucumbers into dill pickles in a snap. This is a great recipe for dill pickles that are easy to make and easy to store. These pickles go in the freezer, so you do not have to worry about any complicated canning process, but they will still keep for a long long time. You will need cucumbers, onion, salt, water, sugar, cider vinegar and dried dill.
How To: Pit olives
You can find many different kinds of flavorful and exotic olives at your grocery store. The problem is, most still come with their pits intact. If you are going to use these olives in your cooking, you need to get the pit out of there. Learn how to remove the pit from olives in three different ways. Method 1: easy olive pitting Method 2: pitting difficult olives and Method 3: pitting very stubborn olives. One of these three methods should work for you as a successful way to pit olives.
How To: Prepare roasted garlic
Roasted garlic has an appetizing flavor that is not as pungent as fresh garlic. To use the roasted garlic, simply remove the cloves from the head, and squeeze out the paste that is inside. This is perfect for spreading on bread or using in recipes such as mashed potatoes.
How To: Make aloo pakora
For an interesting twist on the ordinary fried potato, try this Indian dish called Aloo Pakora. Its a tasty snack or side dish for any meal.
How To: Make palak pakora
Trying to find new and exciting ways to prepare your everyday vegetables? Try palak pakora! Its fresh spinach in a light batter and fried to perfection. You may need to turn the volume up to hear the directions better.
How To: Chop an onion with no tricks or tears
Do not shed anymore tears, here is the proper way to chop an onion. Now you will always have perfectly cut up onion for all your favorite dishes.
How To: Make deep fried capers
Chef Monique Barbeau demonstrates how to make deep fried capers. Capers, both salty and sour, are transformed into a crunchy garnish traditionally used in Mediterranean dishes. Watch for spitting oil. The buds open up and flower. Use within 24 hours. Make deep fried capers.
How To: Make an eggplant squash bake
Chef Michel Nischan combines eggplant slices, with zucchini squash, and a mixture of cheeses for a lasagna effect casserole. Take note as he uses low sodium and low carbohydrate based products for a healthier dish.
How To: Seed and dice a tomato
Tired of wet and sloppy salsa full of watery tomato seeds? Learn how to remove the seeds and dice a tomato quickly and easily.
How To: Cook beets
Love beets? Then you should experience the root vegetable in every way possible by learning the cooking skills presented in thsi video. In this all-in-one video you'll learn how to boil, bake, steam, fry, and grill beats to culinary perfection.
How To: Prepare portabella mushrooms
Portabella mushrooms add delicious flavor to a variety of dishes, and can also be used as a meat substitute. Learn how to prepare portabella mushrooms for meals and as a veggie burger. Portabella mushrooms are commonly found at the grocery store as caps or as slices. When you get home, take the mushrooms out of the plastic, and keep them in the fridge wrapped in paper towels. When you are ready to cook them, quickly rinse or wipe off portabellas with a squeezed damp towel. The portabella mush...
How To: Prepare baked acorn squash
Acorn squash is a delicious and filling low calorie vegetable. Learn how to choose, cut, and bake acorn squash. Ingredients needed are acorn squash, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup and a dash of salt.You can eat it right out of the shell, or spoon it out into a bowl. You can mash the squash with a fork right on the bowl and enjoy.
How To: Peel and cut a butternut squash
You'll be amazed at how comforting, healthful, and delicious butternut squash can be. Learn a few different ways to prepare and cook this beautiful vegetable. Look for a squash with a beige color and smooth skin. Butternut squash usually weighs around 2 to 5 pounds and taste similar to sweet potatoes. The more orange the flesh of the squash, the sweeter it tastes. Butternut squash can be great baked on its own, as base for a soup, or in a casserole.
How To: Cut and chop a red onion
Chopping an onion is such a basic skill, yet so many of us get it wrong. Plus, onions tend to be slippery, making them hard to grasp for a clean, safe knife cut.
How To: Make beer-batter onion rings
Looking for a satisfying snack you can whip up in minutes? Try this recipe for delicious beer-batter onion rings. Explore the sizzling relationship between America's most popular grown-up beverage and an everyday vegetable. Let's make some beer-batter onion rings. If you're having trouble parting with a can of the good stuff for this recipe, consider this: A New Zealand study found that adding beer to batter helps reduce the oily fat content of fried food by as much as 40 percent. Yep, that's...
How To: Make a Thai lettuce wrap
Part of the pure & simple series. Renee Loux and Michel Nischan show how to make a Thai lettuce wrap. As the ingredients are being shown, a popup appears telling how that specific ingredient aids in your health. Make a Thai lettuce wrap.
How To: Prepare a kosher potato kugel
Preparing for Passover? Try this delicious recipe for kosher potato kugel. It uses shredded carrots to add a hint of sweetness. Ingredients you will need are potatoes, onions, carrots, eggs or egg substitute, oil, all-purpose flour or for Passover, matzo meal and potato starch, sant and pepper. To tell when kugel is done, insert a knife in the middle, it should come out clean. Enjoy!
How To: Cut a red bell pepper
Do you use bell peppers in your cooking? Do you hate having to pull out the seeds? Watch this simple trick that removes all the pain and suffering from getting rid of the seeds. This is an essential skill for anyone who doesn't already know it and likes to cook.
How To: Prepare homemade hash browns
Yes we know that there's been a huge food revolution (thanks in no small part to Jamie Oliver) championing growing your own sustainable food and eating fresh and well. However, how can you deny that your tongue doesn't salivate when you walk past an In-n-Out?
How To: Cook broccoli
Yes, we know cooking broccoli is a pretty basic skill and you probably know one way to do it already, but let us ask you: Do you actually ENJOY eating that broccoli? If not, then it's prime time to give some new cooking methods a try. Mentioned in this food tutorial are several methods for heating up this cruciferous vegetable, including adding water to it (steaming), putting it on the stovetop, and even throwing it in the microwave.
How To: Cook spinach
Though spinach is tasty when you eat it fresh, cooked spinach has a distinct and delicious flavor. Learn how to cook Popeye's favorite veggie three different ways.
How To: Make no-cook black bean tacos
Another great video from our Brooklyn homemaker, Sarah McColl. This time, watch and learn how to make no-cook black bean tacos. Simple, fun, and just as delicious as anything that can come out of your oven.
How To: Cut corn off the cob
Fresh corn on the cob is so good but many people can't enjoy it on the cobb for one reason or another. Maybe you have dentures, and it is just too difficult. Learn how to cut the corn off the cobb so everyone can enjoy the flavor.
How To: Correctly cook asparagus
Ever wondered the correct way to prepare asparagus. Well this video will show you great ways to serve and prepare that funny looking vegetable. Correctly cook asparagus.
How To: Make kimchi chigae Korean stew
Korean cuisine is largely rice-based, like many other Asian cuisines. One distinguishing characteristic, though, is the profusion of side dishes present in Korean cooking. In this Korean food video series, learn how to make an easy stew recipe called kimchi chigae. This dish’s main ingredient is kimchi, but it calls for kimchi that has been sitting around a bit longer. An increased amount of fermentation is a desirable quality that affects the flavor of the stew significantly. Get step-by-ste...
How To: Make quick & easy Japanese food
Are you tired of the same old thing for dinner every night? Food in a bucket doing a number on your waistline, eh? Well, take a little break from your routine and invest a few minutes in learning how to make some traditional Asian cuisine. Our expert Chef, Ian McSwain, will guide you step-by-step through two easy Japanese recipes
How To: Make quick and easy vegetarian meals
In this video series, watch as vegetarian Anne Brashier teaches how to make quick and easy vegetarian meals. Learn how to cook coconut rice how to make a cheescake, crust and filling in under ten minutes, how to make vegetarian stir fry with tofu, and how to make a healthy salad. Being a vegetarian doesn't have to be difficult and time consuming. There are plenty of vegetarian recipes that take under ten minutes to make and with the help of the experts at Expert Village, you can start those m...