Hearty dinner ideas for Meatless Monday? It’s easy with these recipe ideas -- substantial enough you might not even guess they’re vegetarian: Fragrant garlic, fresh shiitake mushrooms, spicy ...

Vegetables are undeniably a huge culinary trend. In restaurants across the country, vegetables are pushing meat to the side of the plate — or completely off it. Chefs are embracing locally grown… ...

It's hard to go wrong with most vegetables, whether they're raw or cooked. To ensure you are getting the nutrients you need from them, try preparing your veggies in a variety of ways.

1. Steaming over boiling, all day every day. Cooking rule number is to keep the cooking time, temperature, and cooking liquids at a low. Thankfully, steaming embodies that rule, making it one of ...

Raw tomatoes have less overall antioxidants, but have more vitamin C. 2. Carrots: Cooked may be better than raw. Cook your carrots to get more beta-carotene, an antioxidant that gets converted in ...