Category: Vegetables

All 19 Vegetables recipes: times, yield and first ingredients

Asparagus With Lemon Sauce

Lemon sauce makes fresh asparagus the perfect side dish for fish, scallops, chicken, or meat dishes. Prep time: 5 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 5 spears, 1½ tsp sauce. Calories: 39. Ingredients begin: 20 medium asparagus spears, rinsed and trimmed.

Autumn Salad

Fruit and nuts make this salad a fun starter or side to most main-dish meals . . . and it can be served year round!. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 6 servings. Serving Size: 1 C salad. Calories: 138. Ingredients begin: 1 Granny Smith apple, rinsed and sliced thinly (with skin).

Baby Spinach With Golden Raisins and Pine Nuts

Sweet golden raisins and crunchy pine nuts make this a fabulous way to get your spinach. Prep time: 0 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C spinach and raisins. Calories: 76. Ingredients begin: 4 Tbsp pine nuts.

Broccoli and Cheese

So good, your children will ask for seconds—and a perfect side for most chicken and beef dishes. Prep time: 15 minutes. Cook time: 15 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1½ C broccoli, ¼ C sauce, 1 Tbsp croutons. Calories: 162. Ingredients begin: 6 C fresh broccoli, rinsed and cut into bite-sized florets (or substitute 6 C frozen broccoli, thawed and warmed, and skip step 1).

Cauliflower With Whole-Wheat Breadcrumbs

This side dish is rich in flavor, but low in calories. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C cauliflower. Calories: 45. Ingredients begin: 1 slice whole-wheat bread.

Cinnamon-Glazed Baby Carrots

No one will be able to resist this sweet veggie side dish that’s great with most meat, chicken, and seafood. Prep time: 3 minutes. Cook time: 11 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C carrots. Calories: 67. Ingredients begin: 4 C baby carrots, rinsed and split lengthwise if very thick (or frozen presliced carrots).

Creamy Squash Soup With Shredded Apples

This quick-to-fix soup is bursting with warm-you-up-flavor—serve with a crisp green salad and crusty whole-wheat bread. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 20 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1½ C soup. Calories: 334. Ingredients begin: 2 boxes (16 oz each) frozen pureed winter (butternut) squash.

Dunkin' Veggies

Dipping makes veggies fun. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1½ C vegetables. Calories: 42. Ingredients begin: 5 C assorted raw vegetables, rinsed and cut into bite-sized pieces as needed—such as baby carrots, celery sticks, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets, or cherry tomatoes.

Grilled Romaine Lettuce With Caesar Dressing

Try this new approach to salad—grill it!. Prep time: 20 minutes. Cook time: 5 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: ½ head of romaine lettuce with toppings. Calories: 162. Ingredients begin: 1 slice whole wheat-bread.

Honey Mustard Dip

Dipping makes veggies fun—try this tasty dip for dinner, a snack, or a party!. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 Tbsp dip. Calories: 71. Ingredients begin: ¼ C honey.

Limas and Spinach

Not your mother's lima beans, this dish is full of flavor as well as fiber. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 15 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C limas and spinach. Calories: 93. Ingredients begin: 2 C frozen lima beans.

Low-Fat Blue Cheese Dip

Dipping makes veggies fun—try this tasty dip for dinner, a snack, or a party!. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 Tbsp dip. Calories: 56. Ingredients begin: ¼ C reduced-fat blue cheese crumbles.

Parmesan Green Beans

A side dish so tasty, children won’t even know it’s good for them. Prep time: 5 minutes. Cook time: 8 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C green bean mix. Calories: 95. Ingredients begin: 1 Tbsp olive oil.

Roasted Beets With Orange Sauce

This colorful side dish comes alive with orange flavor. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 45 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C beets. Calories: 59. Ingredients begin: 1½ lb small beets, leaves trimmed, each peeled and cut into four chunks.

Spinach and Corn Pancakes

Vegetables in a pancake? Serve this fun side dish with most chicken, meat, or fish dishes. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 25 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: about 4 pancakes. Calories: 227. Ingredients begin: ½ C whole-wheat flour.

Super Quick Chunky Tomato Sauce

Make batches of this tasty sauce to go with a number of recipes in this cookbook. Prep time: 5 minutes. Cook time: 15 minutes. Yields: 12 servings. Serving Size: ½ C sauce. Calories: 31. Ingredients begin: 2 tsp olive oil.

Tuscan White Bean Dip

Dipping makes veggies fun—try this tasty dip for dinner, a snack, or a party!. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 Tbsp dip. Calories: 87. Ingredients begin: 1 Tbsp olive oil.

Watermelon and Tomato Salad

A perfect mixture of tangy and sweet. Prep time: 20 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 3 tomato slices, 1 C watermelon (or 2 skewers). Calories: 96. Ingredients begin: 2 large tomatoes, rinsed and cut into 6 slices each.

Zesty Tomato Soup

Not your traditional tomato soup, this quick-cooking dish can be a side or light main meal. Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 15 minutes. Yields: 4 servings. Serving Size: 1 C soup. Calories: 94. Ingredients begin: 1 can (14½ oz) no-salt-added diced tomatoes.