Here are all the best vegetable recipes! These easy and healthy side dish recipes highlight the ideal ways to cook these tasty veggies.
Love eating veggies? Us too. Here at A Couple Cooks, we’ve made it our life’s work to figure out deliciously healthy ways to eat them. What we found? There are so many ways to make vegetables taste incredible.
Here are all our top vegetable recipes that make each one taste like a million bucks, from roasted broccoli that’s as irresistible as French fries, to Caprese salad with juicy tomatoes. For each vegetable, we’ve listed a few more of our favorite ideas. Ready to get to it?
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Our best vegetable recipes
First up: the best roasted vegetables recipe! This master recipe makes the most colorful sheet pans that will please even the most veggie-wary eaters. Make it for a crowd as a side, or roast up a few pans and eat off of them all week long.
Here’s a quick way to get colorful veggies onto your plate: our ultimate sautéed vegetables recipe. Why not do a total makeover on the old veggie saute? These sauteed vegetables are beautifully colored, bursting with flavor and crisp tender in texture.
Another great way to eat vegetables: in a stir fry! This stir fry vegetables recipe is colorful and tastes so delicious, you won’t want to stop eating. It’s great way to eat all the best healthy vegetables!
Here’s a surprisingly vegetable recipe that deserves a spot on your plate: celery salad! This unique salad is so refreshing, you’ll become a convert from the first bite. Crunchy celery pairs perfectly with sweet apple, Parmesan shavings and a tangy vinaigrette. It’s bright, it’s crunchy, and it’s hydrating.
More celery recipes
Creamy Celery Soup
Celery Juice
Celery Smoothie
Meet your perfect healthy vegetable recipe: edamame! Edamame are soy beans you eat right out of the pod, squeezing them into your mouth with a satisfying pop. Protein-packed edamame can be served anytime: it’s great as a snack, appetizer, or easy side dish. This edamame recipe is basic but oh-so-tasty, mixed with garlic and toasted sesame oil and seasoned generously with salt.
More edamame recipes
5-Minute Shelled Edamame
Spicy Edamame
Edamame Salad
Raw fennel has a crunch and black licorice flavor, making it perfect for salads (like this one). But its roasted self is something different altogether. Its flavor becomes sweet and caramelized: almost like roasted onions but even more irresistible!
More fennel recipes
Fennel Orange Salad
Fennel Salad with Parmesan
You barely have to do anything to rainbow chard to make it taste good! Just throw it in a hot pan with olive oil and garlic, then salt it to taste. It turns into an easy side dish in just 10 minutes. Top with pine nuts and Parmesan for an elegant side dish.
More resources for eating vegetables
Want to eat more veggies? Us too. We’ve got lots of resources for how to find the best recipes to eat them! Here are some of our favorites:
Looking for vegetarian and vegan dinners? Go to Best Vegetarian Dinners, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Best Vegan Dinners, or Easy Vegan Recipes.
50 Great Vegetable Recipes
Here’s how to roast vegetables with the best seasoning blend! These epic roasted vegetables fill two sheet pans and take 30 minutes to roast.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Vegetables
- Diet: Vegan
- 1 medium head cauliflower (2 pounds)*
- 1 crown broccoli (1/2 pound)
- 1 medium red onion
- 2 medium sweet potatoes (1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning**
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Adjust the oven racks for roasting 2 trays. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Chop the vegetables: Chop the cauliflower and broccoli into florets. Chop the onion into 1/2-inch slices. Cut the sweet potato in half lengthwise, in half again lengthwise, and then cut each quarter into thin pie-shaped slices (see the photo). Chop the peppers into 1/2-inch strips, then cut the strips in half.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper (we prefer this to silicone baking mats because it results in crispier veggies). Spread the vegetables evenly onto each sheet. Drizzle half the olive oil onto each tray, then with half the seasonings onto each tray. Mix with your hands until evenly coated.
- Place into the oven and bake for 20 minutes (do not stir!). Remove the pans from the oven, rotate them, and roast another 10 minutes (for 30 minutes total) until tender and lightly browned on one side. Transfer to a serving bowl or dish and serve immediately.
Notes
*Cut all quantities in half to make 1 sheet pan for 4 people.
**If you can’t find Old Bay, here’s how to make Old Bay it at home! Or, substitute in 1 teaspoon paprika and ½ teaspoon celery salt.