I began blogging about vegetables way back in 2005 and somehow, over the years, collected several different recipes for steaming broccoli. Who needs that?! What we all want is one, simple, definitive source so that's what I've done, consolidating everything you need to know about steamed broccoli, all in one place. Here you go! There's a new location, please see How To Steam Broccoli (Step-by-Step Photos) Looking for healthy new ways to cook vegetables? A Veggie Venture is home to hundreds of super-organized quick, easy and healthful vegetable recipes and the famous asparagus-to-zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables . Join " veggie evangelist " Alanna Kellogg to explore the exciting world of common and not-so-common vegetables, seasonal to staples, savory to sweet, salads to sides, soups to supper, simple to special. © Copyright Kitchen Parade 2005 & 2021 (retired)

It's about time! FINALLY we can turn on the oven without first turning on the air. So set that oven to 350F and mix up a batch of the Mocha Morsels featured in this week's Kitchen Parade column.

When you write about vegetables, some times it takes an extra cup of creativity to participate in the dessert-loving food event Sugar High Friday, this month hosted by Lovescool and featuring chocolate. But chocolate turned out to be easy. Choices included: ... chocolate & zucchini , a 1960s cake combination made famous long before the popular Parisian blog adopted the moniker ... chocolate & carrot , usually in otherwise-traditional carrot cakes ... chocolate & sweet potato , in Southern-style sweet potato pies But this chocolate and vegetable pair is new to me, chocolate and ... chocolate and ... think ... think ... think ... hint: think root vegetable ... hint: think RED root vegetable ... think .... think .... think beets. BEETS? Yes, beets! And the cake tasted quite good though it was not especially 'interesting' taste-wise since the beets seem to add structure and sweetness and a hint of color but little taste. Still, it's an easy and

St Louis is one grand sports town for fans, owners and players alike. We love our Rams and we love our Blues. But more than anything, we love our Cardinals and the tradition of redbird baseball . (This is a food post, promise! Read on!) Tonight, the Cardinals played the Astros in Game 6 for the National League Championship title. We lost 5-1, making tonight's the last game of the season, the last game at forty-season Busch Stadium and the last game broadcast by signal-strong KMOX that made the Cardinals the hometown team in at least ten states. (This morning's paper says it well , the emotion, the pride, the disappointment.) So the game was lost. It won't comfort the sports-only folks but foodies, know this: At least the pizza was good! For the crust, I used a new Boboli product , a whole wheat thin- cardboard , I mean, thin-crust. (Next time I'll perfect the crust technique first tried here .) I also do NOT appreciate how Boboli is making it difficult to compa

How to cook fresh Brussels sprouts with lemon and Parmesan flavors, a simple, no-recipe-required recipe. Just cook first by steaming or boiling, then soak for 15 minutes in lemon juice and grated Parmesan . LOL they won't win any beauty contests but what they lack in the looks department, they make up for as an easy make-ahead side dish. Fresh Vegetables, Fast & Healthy. Just Three Ingredients! An Easy Side for Weeknight Suppers. Budget Friendly. Great for Meal Prep. Low Carb. Low Fat. Weight Watchers Friendly. Vegetarian. Naturally Gluten Free.

How to cook a sweet potato in the microwave. It's quick-quick and easy, whether for a fast at-home or office-kitchen lunch or a vegetable for supper. This recipe has moved, please see Delicious Microwave Sweet Potato . Waaay back in 2005, I experimented with one of those microwave-able sweet potatoes, all clean and wrapped in plastic. It was a hot, tasty, healthful food that moved from the fridge to microwave to the table in a matter of 10 minutes. But here's the thing. You don't need some special microwave-able sweet potato "product". You just need a whole sweet potato and a microwave! So check out the new recipe for microwaving a standard sweet potato, Delicious Microwave Sweet Potato . It's just as easy, just as fast and wayyyy cheaper. Looking for healthy new ways to cook vegetables? A Veggie Venture is home to hundreds of super-organized quick, easy and healthful vegetable recipes and the famous asparagus-to-zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables

Creamed spinach is such a favorite vegetable side dish! But my recipe for Creamed Spinach is not the "heart attack on a plate" that you find at a steak house. In fact, let's just go ahead and be honest: my recipe is for healthy creamed spinach, heavy on the spinach, low in fat and still absolutely delicious. It's more "spinachy" than "creamy" which to my taste, means it's perfectly balanced. So for those of us who adore spinach and other bitter greens, put this recipe high on your "make asap" list! Year-Round Kitchen Staple. Great for Meal Prep. Low Carb. Low Fat. Weight Watchers Friendly & Freestyle Friendly. Vegetarian. In our home, Healthy Creamed Spinach is a such long-time favorite recipe, one served in all four seasons, on weeknights and weekends, for kids and grown-ups, for just-family and company alike. Gosh, I love this recipe! One year, I even made Creamed Spinach four times in two weeks, twice with fresh spinach and