vegetables

Recipes with green vegetables, garden vegetables and mushrooms.

This simple recipe can be adapted for speed cooking by using prepared or frozen vegetables. Good quality, fresh vegetables make this recipe really special, but frozen vegetables are better than no vegetables.

Baby spinach is tender and sweet, far gentler than mature spinach, and perfect raw in a salad. Here it's tossed with creamy avocado, sharp red onion, and crisp yellow pepper, then bound together with a tangy yogurt dressing. It comes together in fifteen minutes and makes a fresh, light lunch or a side that holds its own next to grilled meat or fish.

This Greek spinach pie is one of the best known recipes in Greek cuisine. It is simple, although managing phyllo pastry may seem challenging the first two or three times. Serve spanakopita warm as a vegetarian main or side dish. Serve it cold as a snack or appetizer.