Basics: Vegetables : Techniques, Tips, and 70+ Recipes to Confidently Cook with Vegetables

A beginner-friendly guide to cooking with vegetables, featuring step-by-step photography and clear instructions for over 70 delicious recipes. Basics: Vegetables is the first in a series that will completely demystify cooking through step-by-step photography. Whether you’re having a vegetarian guest over for dinner, trying to make a weekday lifestyle shift, or are years into a vegetarian diet, learn (or relearn) the basics with step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow instructions.  Classic vegetarian dishes and modern reinventions await. From Hasselback Butternut Squash to Risotto Verde or Tomato Tatin, your next vegetarian meal—or dinner party—is only a few ingredients away. Make spinach-tinted green waffles with eggs on the weekend, or treat yourself to a hearty lentil shepherd’s pie, assembled in 15 minutes and perfect for weekday lunch leftovers.  Basics: Vegetables has 80 recipes for vegetarian and vegetarian-aspiring cooks ready to grow their repertoire of delicious vegetable-forward meals.  Step-by-step Photography: Learn to cook delicious vegetable-forward meals with ease by following the abundant photographs and clear instructions A Vegetarian Primer: Learn the essentials of the vegetarian pantry, alternatives to animal proteins, how to cook eggs perfectly, as well as doughs, sauces, and more building blocks Quick and Easy Recipes: Get dinner on the table quickly with a collection of dishes that come together quickly and easily