Fast, Fresh, and Green: More Than 90 Delicious Recipes for Veggie Lovers

This new bible for all things vegetable from Fine Cooking's Vegetable Queen is ideal for the millions of eaters who want to get the recommended five to nine servings of fruits and greens into their daily diet. Susie Middleton shares her love of healthful, delicious veggies with a guide to shopping for and cooking delectable meatless meals, including such delights as Spinach with Shallots and Parmigiano and Roasted Eggplant, Bell Pepper, and Fresh Basil Salad. More than 100 recipes for appetizers, snacks, entrees, and side dishes, many of them vegan, make Fast, Fresh & Green an excellent resource for vegetarians and omnivores. "[A] rainbow of appealing recipes . . . likely to tempt even the vegetable-averse." — Publishers Weekly From Fine Cooking 's Vegetable Queen, this book is ideal for vegetarians—or anyone who wants to get the recommended five to nine servings of fruits and greens into their daily diet. Susie Middleton shares her love of healthful, delicious veggies with a guide to shopping for and cooking delectable meatless meals, including such delights as Spinach with Shallots and Parmigiano and Roasted Eggplant, Bell Pepper, and Fresh Basil Salad. More than 100 recipes for appetizers, snacks, entrees, and side dishes, many of them vegan, make Fast, Fresh & Green an excellent resource for plant-based and plant-forward eating. Learn the three secrets of cooking delicious, quick vegetables. You will become a better cook-- and happily eat more veggies!;Getting into the zone -- Prep. The pantry ; The vegetables -- Cook. Quick-roasting ; Quick-braising ; Hands-on sautéing ; Walk-away sautéing ; Two-stepping ; No cooking ; Stir-frying ; Grilling ; Baking gratins (Bonus chapter-- slower but worth it. Contains 150 recipes for vegetable side dishes and outlines the basic vegetable cooking techniques of quick-roasting, quick-braising, hands-on sauteing, 'walk-away' sauteing, stir-frying, and grilling. This book also includes tips for preparing and selecting the vegetables, promoting local farmers' market shopping, and organic vegetable buying.