Best Vegetable Recipes or Betty Crockers Healthy New Choices

Best Vegetable Recipes

Author: Cooks Illustrated

Most vegetables can be prepared quickly, but in many cases fast recipes yield lackluster, predictable results. Vegetables need a bit of coaxing and a light hand to bring forth their natural flavors. So what's the secret? Here at America's Test Kitchen, we spent thousands of hours testing countless cooking techniques to find out which methods worked best for each of 350 different vegetable recipes.

Now you can have, all in one volume, more well-tested recipes than you will ever need to prepare virtually any vegetable from broccoli and potatoes to spinach and zucchini. Is it better to blanch or steam broccoli? Is there a way to glaze carrots without turning them into a sugary confection? Will washing mushrooms really cause them to become waterlogged? You'll find all the answers here along with illustrations of key techniques. Dozens of common kitchen tools and staples-everything from pepper mills and skillets to olive oil and salt-have also been tested, tasted, and rated. This practical, thoroughly tested cookbook will become your key source for information about vegetables, whether you are looking for new ways to flavor green beans or a foolproof method for making french fries at home.

Table of Contents:

Preface   Christopher Kimball     viii
Acknowledgments     ix
Welcome to America's Test Kitchen     x
Vegetables A to Z
Artichokes     2
Asparagus     10
Avocado     26
Beets     30
Bok Choy     32
Broccoli     38
Broccoli Rabe     47
Brussels Sprouts     50
Cabbage     54
Carrots     60
Cauliflower     65
Celery     74
Celery Root     77
Corn     80
Cucumbers     92
Edamame     96
Eggplant     97
Endive     110
Escarole     116
Fennel     118
Garlic     126
Green Beans     130
Greens     137
Kohlrabi     145
Leeks     147
Mushrooms     153
Okra     162
Onions     164
Parsnips     176
Peas     179
Peppers     184
Plantains     196
Potatoes     215
Radicchio     272
Radishes     275
Rutabagas & Turnips     277
Spinach     281
Sweet Potatoes     285
Tomatoes     293
Winter Squash     307
Zucchini & Summer Squash     313
Vegetable Soups     321
Index     330

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Betty Crocker's Healthy New Choices: A Fresh Approach to Eating Well

Author: Betty Crocker Editors

With Betty Crocker, you can enjoy healthy eating every day! The 400 tempting recipes are full of real taste appeal, yet don't require extra effort or hard-to-find ingredients.

Are these really recipes your family will eat? Absolutely! Whip up Spicy Chicken Chili, Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna, Asian Noodle Salad or Lemon Steak Diane and top off the meal with Brownie Trifle, Caribbean Bananas or Tira Mi Su Coffee dessert. This is the food you'll want to eat every day.

Too busy to even think about changing your cooking habits? There's an entire chapter of express meals that are still healthy, and miles ahead of what you'll get from a takeout meal. No matter how hectic your life is, healthy eating is possible!

There's also great information on wellness and easy changes to painlessly incorporate healthy eating into your lifestyle. And every recipe has complete nutrition information that satisfies everyone's nutrition needs. We have also flagged the recipes to show those that are low fat, low sodium, low cholesterol or high fiber, to help make menu planning a breeze.

You know you've been meaning to do it--now you can! With Betty Crocker's Healthy New Choices, healthy eating isn't tedious--it's terrific!