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50 Vegetable Side Dish Recipes

You won't run short on vegetables this year ... or next.

All Vegetable Recipes Ideas

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The Best Vegetables to Eat When You're Trying to Lose Weight

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Here are seven especially super veggies when you're slimming down.

The Best Vegetables to Eat When You're Trying to Lose Weight

Our Best Brussels Sprouts Recipes

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Our Top Spaghetti Squash Recipes

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How to Glaze Vegetables: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Follow this guide to make gorgeous glazed vegetables, then watch our how-to video.

How to Glaze Vegetables: A Step-by-Step Guide

Our Best Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes

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How to Make Zucchini Chips in the Air Fryer — If You Really Want To

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Use that bumper crop for crispy air fryer chips, without any breading.

How to Make Zucchini Chips in the Air Fryer — If You Really Want To

50 Stuffed Potatoes

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Serve these spuds from Food Network Magazine as the main dish: They're loaded with tasty toppings.

50 Fresh Corn Recipes

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Fully loaded cobs, easy salads, corn ice cream...Find dozens of new ideas.

From the Competition to Your Kitchen: Chile Pepper Cheat Sheet

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Inspired by the Food Network Star competition, the chefs in Food Network Kitchen break down the heat levels in some of the most-popular chile peppers.

From the Competition to Your Kitchen: Chile Pepper Cheat Sheet

I Ate Cauliflower Every Day for a Week and Here's What Happened

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The good, the bad and the gassy.

I Ate Cauliflower Every Day for a Week and Here's What Happened

Can You Cook Sweet Potato Fries in an Air Fryer?

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A better question may be: Should you cook sweet potato fries in the air fryer?

Can You Cook Sweet Potato Fries in an Air Fryer?

Learn the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams

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Alton Brown discuses the difference between sweet potatoes and yams with nutritional anthropologist Deb Duchon. It turns out sweet potatoes are not merely potatoes that happen to be sweet. They are actually a root of a vine in the morning glory family. Deb explains how the roots that Christopher Columbus brought back to Spain in 1493 were called "batatas" by the Indians who lived in the Greater Antilles Islands. In Spain they called them "patatas." The Spanish introduced them to the English by serving a sweet potato pie to King Henry VIII, who was so grateful he took it back to England, where they mangled the name to "potatoes." The "sweet" wasn't added for 200 more years when Irish immigrants started arriving in Boston with white potatoes. In the 1930s some Louisiana farmers developed an orange variety of sweet potato, which they wanted to differentiate from the yellow variety that then dominated the market. At that time "yam" was already Southern slang for sweet potato, as slaves who had come from West Africa compared them to the yams they had grown back home. Sweet potatoes are available year-round, but their flavor peaks in the fall and winter. Alton recommends choosing specimens that are heavy for their size and free of any soft spots or sprouts. As sweet potatoes are harvested when they're really moist, they are then cured, or partially dried, in kilns to toughen the skin and increase their storage potential. They should be kept in dry, cool and well-ventilated areas and used within 10 to 15 days. They also bruise easily, so be sure to be gentle with them.