Vegetable Recipes Using Different Types of Vegetables and Knowing How to Store Vegetables
Vegetable recipes should start with quality vegetables. There are things you should know if learning how to cook vegetables to ensure a good end product. Fresh vegetables should be purchased when they are fresh, firm and ripe. Do not buy them when they are old, withered, moldy or bruised; neither under ripe or overripe. 
If you are new learning how to cook cauliflower, remember that the heads should be white and firm with no blemishes. The leafy vegetables should be crisp. Peas and beans should have firm and crisp pods to use in your recipes to produce a good dish. Always buy vegetables of medium size and regular shape to get the best flavor.
It is best to purchase vegetables in season for delicious recipes. Today vegetables are in our groceries year round. Many times these vegetables are shipped in and have been picked before they are ready. It may take a long time to get them from the fields to the market. Therefore you will get a better quality with a better flavor directly from the grower. Often the price is much better also. 
Buy only the amount of vegetables that you intend to use in your vegetable recipes unless you plan to preserve them in some way. Vegetables deteriorate very quickly and are best when cooked soon after gathering.
For your vegetable recipes, it is necessary to wash all vegetables before cooking even if they look clean. A vegetable brush is good to use and a necessity in the kitchen. Head vegetables like cauliflower and cabbage should be immersed in cold salt water for ½ hour before cooking. This process will freshen the vegetable and drive out any insects. Leaf vegetables should be washed in cold running water or several changes of water. Return to How to Cook Vegetables
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