Vegetarian Recipes

Preparing dried beans for cooking requires a soaking to shorten the cooking time. Following the first hour of soaking, water begins to enter the dried beans through a pore in the curve of the bean...

I always grow far more home garden produce than I use. I have been using a food dryer or dehydrator to dry and store my extra produce. This is easy. Now how do you use dried vegetables in your...

Do you enjoy eating KFC's corn on the cob? I have found that by following these tips your corn on the cob turns out very similar to KFC's corn on the cob.

So you harvested too many green beans and you need to know how to freeze them. You're in luck because in this article, I will show you everything you need to do to freeze you green beans and keep...

Healthful diet is very important in today's generation. Many people want to be vegetarians for health purposes but it is hard for them to do it because the food don't taste good if there's no meat...

Leeks look like green onions, but have a milder taste. Leeks usually act as a garnish or flavoring in soup. They are low in cholesterol and fat; and provide vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B6, iron,...

Crisp, fresh, brightly colored raw vegetables provide a number of health benefits over cooked vegetables. They contain more nutrients, vitamins and minerals than cooked. The fiber content is...

For those trying to eat simple, healthy and light, use local produce that is in season and fresh. Most local farmer markets have zipper peas in the refrigerated section since they can spoil...

Here's a good frozen dessert recipe using the low-glycemic sweetener, raw organic agave, from the agave fruit, with cooked quinoa, amaranth, carob, cashews, almonds, and water. It's all put in a...

Boiled vegetables is one of the most healthy ways to eat them. This article will help you learn how to steam them, and for how long they should be cooked.

We have all been guilty of making a rice dish that somehow turns out sticky and gummy. Nasty, far from perfect, but we serve the rice dish to our family anyway. I recently ran across a recipe for...

Do you have trouble making vegetarian gravy? Are you tired of the meat-based gravy mixes on the market today? Now you can make your own vegetarian gravy--quickly and easily. This vegetarian...

If you're a vegetarian and would like to create that meaty, chewy texture in tofu, follow these extremely simple steps and you'll be cooking in no time. My goal is to instruct you as simply and...

Broccoli is a nutritious vegetable derived from the Italian words "piccoli bracci," meaning "little arms." Broccoli is high in vitamins C, A and K, and although some of the nutrients are lost when...

Some of you have probably heard of Quinoa. I really wanted to try it because I heard it contained a lot of protein, and vitamins. I heard from a friend that it is used in space as meal...

When I was growing up my mother would make salad from the lettuce in her garden. She called it 'wilted lettuce' and that's what it was -wilted and filled with grit. It was so hard to enjoy because...

Purchase a large size piece of ginger root. Wash and peel the skin off of the ginger root(optional)and cut into smaller pieces. Drop pieces of ginger into a blender filled about half full of...

Grilled asparagus is a healthy side dish or appetizer. One serving of asparagus, amounting to half a cup of asparagus, contains 35 percent of your daily recommended intake of folate. Folate is...

[Quick and Easy Recipe #24] I’ll teach you how to make tender delicious fresh asparagus. This recipe guarantees non-mushy, non-chewy, non-fibrous, non-wimpy asparagus. You can cook frozen or...

Everyone loves a good artichoke heart, but few know that the entire vegetable is edible and delicious. Follow these steps to select and prepare your artichoke.

Trim tough ends from leeks. Rinse leeks in several sinks full of water. Drain and inspect leek layers for trapped dirt. Trim into cooking pieces and follow your favorite recipe.

This burger is made with canned chickpeas and is both quick and easy.

Vegetables contain vitamins that are essential to our health. If cooked in a lot of water vegetables may lose essential nutrients. Most vitamins leak out into the cooking water along with all the...

Gluten is a product that comes from wheat flour. It is very high in protein and can be used as a meat substitute. It is pretty cheap in comparison to meat and when fixed properly it can taste...

This is a simple, healthy, black bean soup that is made from scratch.

Fresh fruit is always best, but sometimes you have so much that you need to freeze it so you can enjoy that wonderful fruit days, weeks or even months from now. Peaches go bad quickly, so freezing...

You can cook soybeans to use in recipes as a substitute for other types of beans.

Every one seems to know that broccoli is good for you, but do you know the perfect way to prepare it and why?

Fresh produce is a delicious and healthy way to get your daily supply of antioxidants. Unfortunately, produce can also be a source of bad bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli. Although the risk...

A vegetarian diet doesn't need to be tasteless and boring. On the contrary, there are many great recipes that are so delicious they'll make your mouth water. You won't miss the meat in a batch of...

There is nothing like a big bowl of fresh peas to eat. You can also add the fresh peas to salads after they cool down. Using a steamer basket they are very easy to cook.

Fettuccine is one of my favorite entrees to order at a restaurant, but this asparagus pesto recipe is worth staying home for! It takes a small amount of effort to make this delicious and...

Pomegranates are now becoming more popular than ever since the juice has been found to have high antioxidant properties. One of the drawbacks of juicing or removing the seeds from these fruits...

TVP, or textured vegetable protein, is a delicious alternative to ground meat. You can use it in tacos, in nachos or by itself sauteed with vegetables.