The gripe our vegetarian friends have most about eating out at restaurants is not that there aren't any vegetarian options, but that there are no good vegetarian options. You know what we're talking about - if you scan the menu at most restaurants, the best vegetarian option you'll find is a salad.
Vegetable biryani is an Indian rice dish bursting with flavor. With so many layers of delicious spiced vegetables and rice and so many levels of flavor, it is definitely a satisfying meal all by itself. Watch this how to video and try this vegetable rice recipe for a very popular and widely recognized Indian dish.
This tutorial shows us how to fry bok choy, into a spicy, garlic, and ginger side dish. The entire cooking time is only about 2-5 minutes on high heat. First Preparing the bok choy, cut the leaves off the stalks then put the leaves to the side for now, this helps the stalks cook but not over cook the leaves. After the bok choy is chopped up and you stick everything in the pan (expect the leaves of the bok choy). After the vegetables are soft you add the flavor (garlic, red chili flake, and gi...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a vegetarian Spanish-style paella. You will need: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 bay leaf, 1/2 onion, 1.5 c Basmati rice, 1 clove garlic, 1/2 vegetable bouillon, 1/2 green bell pepper, 1 tsp tomato paste, 1 small tomato (chopped), 1 chopped tomato, 3 c water, saffron, salt, and fresh thyme. First, sautŽ your onion with garlic and bell pepper in a skillet with olive oil. Next, add in the tomato and saffron, then add in the bay leaf, rice, and herbs and mix thoroughl...
This is a great instructional video on how to make raw veggie wraps and onion crisps. You should chop onions into round pieces. Now put them into frying pan. You can add pepper and a little salt to it. Now fry them by adding a small quantity of oil. Fry it until it is just adequately fried. You can take three or four vegetables and chop them to small pieces. You can add pepper and salt to it. You can add the green leaves too. You can use cabbage. Now you can roll the vegetables with the green...
Here is an Indian Chinese fusion dish that will really wow your taste buds. This dish combines a plethora of shredded vegetables together plush lots of seasoning and a binding agent to create colorful balls that only need to be fried up and enjoyed.
Hummus is delicious as a dip for vegetables or pita bread, or even on top of chicken. It tastes great, is healthy, and easy to make. You will need garbanzo beans or chickpeas, tahini sesame seed paste, mint leaves, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make the classic Mediterranean hummus.
Cooking sprouts Italian. Brussels sprouts the most misunderstood vegetable. Garlic makes them delicious! You will need Brussels sprouts, garlic cloves, salt, oregano leaves and olive oil.
It's easy to make a peck of pickled peppers – or any other vegetable – with this basic recipe. You Will Need
Leek's are related to the onion family. They are sweet like onions when they are cooked, but unlike onions make your eyes water when you cut them, they have long straight white stalks with tough green leaves. Select white fresh stalks with bright looking green leaves, and avoid damage. To prepare the soup cut the stalk of the green leaf and reserve them to make stock and trim the surface of the base.Under running water cut the leek for two halves and wash thorughly between the layers. Slice t...
Aloo methi, or potatoes with fenugreek leaves, is a fragrant and flavorful Indian dish with a unique taste. Fenugreek leaves are well known for their many medicinal properties and are a great alternative to spinach as a leafy green vegetable. Watch this how to video and try this wonderful recipe. Turn your plain Jane potatoes into something delicious and healthy with fenugreek leaves.
Curtis Smith, Extension Horticulturist with Southwest Yard and Garden, and Rick Daniell, Bernalillo County Horticultural Agent, discuss how to identify problems with vegetable plants in your garden. Gray or white spots on a squash leaf are natural if they do not rub off. Blossom end rot can afflict tomatoes, squash, chilies and melons. Blossom end rot indicates a calcium deficiency during times of vigorous growing during uneven watering. Fertilize when the plants are young. Sun scald can affl...
In this video, we learn how to make vegetable stock. To do this: you need 1 onion, 3 carrots, 4 celery ribs, parsley, 3 c vegetable stalks, 3 garlic cloves, 3 bay leaves, 1 tsp thyme, 6 peppercorns and 10-12 cups of water. First, chop your vegetables up into large chunks and place them and the other ingredients into a large pot and cover. Bring to a boil then let simmer for 45-60 minutes. When finished, let this cool for around 15 minutes. Strain the liquid into a large bowl and either use im...
Watch this how to video and learn how to cook Indian food. Our host Manjula shows you how to prepare a melody of vegetables that is also known as navratan korma.
Watch as Manjula prepares two vegetarian versions of this classic Indian toor dal. You will need:
The presenter, John White, explains how to choose and transplant cold weather vegetables and flowers in this video. The first vegetable he identifies is spinach. He suggests ensuring that the plant has been "hardened off" when buying transplants from the nursery. Next John presents leaf lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and Swiss chard as some additional vegetables. He does remind the watcher to consult the plant labels for all the spacing information they may need. Moving on to flowers, J...
This video shows you how to make a simple quinoa salad You will need 1 carrot, 2 cups of vegetable broth, 1 cup of quinoa, garlic sprouts, olive oil, 3 lettuce leaves, 1 oz red cabbage and one red pepper.
This video is about making chili paneer. The ingredients required are paneer, onion, bell peppers of four colors, tomato puree, spices, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chilly, ginger and garlic, jalapeno, red pepper and turmeric, salt, soy sauce to give a Chinese flavor and curry leaves. Take the paneer out of the refrigerator and defrost it for 2-3 minutes. Check whether the paneers are soft enough to cut into cubes and placing them on a cutting board chop them into cubes. Fry the paneers ...
There are a lot of people out there who don't like vegetables, but I would contend that that's because they haven't eaten any really good vegetables. I thought I hated tomatoes (okay, technically a fruit, but used mostly as a vegetable) until I ate some fresh from a garden. One bite of a juicy, ripe heirloom tomato made me realize that I love tomatoes—it's those bland, mealy supermarket tomatoes that I hate.
The USDA recommends that adults eat 2 to 3 cups of vegetables a day. Make it easier to enjoy the taste of fresh garden vegetables year round by freezing them.
Most recipes usually don't call for whole vegetables, which means that if you're learning to cook, you'll eventually have to learn how to cut vegetables.
This video put in by ‘Kwik Show me how 2’, shows how to make this great beef stew. It’s really quick and easy.
Swiss chard comes into season over the next few months, meaning the leafy green vegetable will be deliciously ripe, crunchy, and tasty. Take advantage of this in-season veggie by throwing it into your next dish.
Swiss chard is definitely not one of the best known leafy green vegetables. Far overshadowed by its cousin, spinach, and its distant relative, arugula, swiss chard often gets overlooked but the teeming green leaves promise incredible flavor if you add them to your cooking.
Eric teaches us how to cook rice and beans in this video. First, take black beans and rinse them out, then chop up an onion and bacon. Place your beans in a pot over heat and let simmer with bay leaves inside. Next, add in olive oil to another pan and then add in the bacon and onions. Now, take a red pepper and remove the seeds and chop it up, as well as a piece of garlic. Add these ingredients in with the bacon and onions. When finished, add in your pimenton and some fresh cilantro to the mi...
In this video, we learn how to serve fresh artichoke. The first way to use artichoke tips is to make artichoke chips! This is a great alternative to tortilla chips, and you can serve these by cooking the artichoke then removing the leaves and serving with some parmesan cheese on top and guacamole or salsa to dip it in. Next, the artichoke petals can be served with salsa and sour cream for a low calorie nacho. You can also cook the vegetable and remove the middle, then replace with soup or ste...
Rebecca from OffWhiteLiving shows a quick, easy way to cook collard greens. First remove the ribs from the leaves and chop them into bite-size pieces. Heat some butter and olive oil in the skillet. The greens need to be cooked in some type of fat since they have a lot of fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin K, which is an important anti-clotting vitamin. Not to mention it makes them tastier. Put the greens into the pan and coat them with the butter and oil. Keep the heat low. A little know...
Kale is a hearty and delicious vegetable that packs tons of health benefits. Kale is inexpensive to buy, can feed many and is hard to ruin because its leaves are so strong.
Getting the minimum five daily servings of fruits and vegetables is not as daunting as you might think. This Howcast video guide offers several tips on getting more fruits and vegetables into your diet.
Roasted winter vegetable medley will add a dramatic feel to your harvest table. By roasting root vegetables together, you bring out all the best flavors that this winter vegetable medley has to offer.
Spruce up your vegetable party trays with edible flowers! Learn how to make a vegetable flower arrangement in this free video series about unique party platters.
A hearty and filling soup, lentil soup is a delicious dish that's perfect for a chilly day. Learn how to give it a smoky flavor with freshly roasted cumin seeds. lentils, olive oil, vegetable stock, dry cooking sherry, red wine vinegar, chopped tomatoes, fresh or frozen corn, carrots, onion, garlic cloves, bay leaf, chili powder, cumin seeds and pepper to taste.
Autumn leaves may be beautiful, but they can also be incredibly annoying as they pile up around your garden. But there are things you can do with autumn leaves, like mulching them, composting them and turning them into a living fence. In this episode of Growing Wisdom, Dave Epstein walks you through how to make a leaf fence.
One of the most challenging, arduous parts of gardening is weeding vegetables that are close to the ground. Cabbage, for instance, leafs out near the earth and can be fiendishly tricky to weed. In this Growing Wisdom gardening tutorial, you'll learn about some of the tools that can help you weed those hard-to-reach spots without breaking your back in the process.
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to blanche vegetables like a chef. Blanching vegetables means that you place the vegetable of your choice in boiling water for a minute or two, then place them directly into ice cold water, which stops the cooking process.
Learn how to julienne vegetables. Julienne is the French term for vegetables cut in long thin strips, like a matchstick. Mastering the method of julienning vegetables will not only improve your presentation, it will also endure more even, consistent cooking. To julienne, you'll need vegetables (like carrots and peppers) and a sharp knife.
In this video, Jo Pratt is demonstrating how to make braised wild rice. For this, you need to first heat your pan on medium heat. Then add some butter. Once the butter melts add chopped onions, chopped garlic and chopper bell pepper. Stir them and sauté for some time. Then add the basmati rice and wild rice and put the vegetable or chicken stock in it. Next add salt and ground pepper. Then close the lid and place it in the oven at 170 degrees for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the rice will be ...
Chinese food is delicious, but it isn't very healthy and can be quite expensive. In this video, Betty adds a Southern touch to a traditional Asian dish and makes vegetables with a soy sauce gravy. The veggies are good for you and filling, and the gravy gives them a nice, hearty texture. Enjoy this dish anytime, and if veggies aren't enough for you - toss in some chicken or seafood, or even noodles and create your own delicious meal!
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. This video demonstrates how to make vegetable tofu nimono (vegetable tofu stew).
Watch this how to video as Manjula shows you how to prepare a popular Indian dish, pulav. Its is more commonly known as vegetable rice and it can be served as main or side dish.
