Publisher's Synopsis
This Vegetable Cookbook establishes a fresh benchmark for user-friendly recipes, designed to effortlessly incorporate more vegetables into your daily meals and help you with eating more vegetables every day
From summery tomato-topped bruschetta to winter's creamy scalloped potatoes, and spring's roasted asparagus to fall's maple-glazed acorn squash, a plethora of tempting recipes awaits both the chef and the diner. Whether it's a casual weeknight supper or a special-occasion dinner, each dish throughout the year focuses around the principles of freshness, seasonality, and delectability.
Teeming with vibrant colors, varied textures, and rich flavors, vegetables uniquely mirror the evolving seasons. Spring introduces dishes like new potatoes with peas and grilled artichokes with lemon aioli, offering a burst of flavor after the winter chill. Summer menus feature golden corn fritters, sautéed or grilled red and yellow sweet peppers, and tomatoes in diverse forms. As autumn's cool days arrive, winter squashes find their way into ovens, and mixed-vegetable braises simmer on stovetops. With winter's onset, Brussels sprouts with chestnuts, creamy scalloped potatoes, and braised fennel with saffron take center stage on holiday tables.
Vegetables, whether cooked or raw, roasted, mashed, chopped, whole, dehydrated, canned, frozen, or fresh, offer nutritional diversity. The book categorizes vegetables into five subgroups based on nutritional content: beans and peas, orange and red vegetables, dark-green vegetables, starchy vegetables, and other vegetables.
Beyond serving as seasonal indicators, vegetables stand out as nutritional powerhouses, and this book is replete with inspired recipes to help you embrace their goodness. It encourages experimentation with vegetables previously overlooked due to unfamiliarity and provides fresh perspectives on preparing old favorites.
Embark on a culinary journey with 20 delectable recipes, celebrating the versatility of vegetables showcased in this Vegetable Cookbook.
Who says vegetables can't be appetizing?
So, go ahead and open this year-long celebration of vegetables and create exciting meals today!
