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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. The best part? There are infinite ways to make vegetables taste incredible. Here are all our top vegetable recipes that make each vegetable taste like a million bucks, from epic roasted broccoli that’s as irresistible as French fries, to Caprese salad with fresh juicy tomatoes. For each vegetable, we’ve listed a few more of our favorites, in case you need more inspiration. Ready to get to it?
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And now…the 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. They’re healthy, plant based, vegetarian and gluten-free, and even better: beautiful and delicious!
Here’s the fastest way to get colorful veggies to jump onto your plate: the Ultimate Sautéed Vegetables recipe. The good old veggie saute is often done wrong: it’s super soggy, or completely bland in flavor. Think of that pile of limp zucchini and carrots you might eat at a wedding buffet. So why don’t we do a total makeover on the old veggie saute? These sauteed vegetables are beautifully colored, bursting with flavor and crisp tender in texture. They’re the perfect side dish you’ve never had.
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! Making a stir fry is easy, but you also need to know a few tricks to get it right.
Ready for the absolute BEST recipe for this green vegetable? Roasted broccoli. The florets are as irresistible as french fries (maybe more so!). They come out tender and charred, with an almost sweet flavor. Combine that with garlic and a few spritzes of fresh lemon juice, and wow! The flavor pops in a way you’d never imagine possible with this humble vegetable.
More broccoli recipes
Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Slaw
Roasted Broccoli and Carrots
Creamy Broccoli Potato Soup
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
Mac and Cheese with Broccoli
Perhaps sauteed carrots doesn’t sound like a mind blowing vegetable recipe. But these really are the perfect sauteed carrots! These are the most tender, buttery, savory, coins of carrots, with a hint of herbaceous fresh thyme and chives. They taste like the best carrots you’ve ever had: but they only have 3 ingredients and take 10 minutes.
More great carrot recipes
Simple Carrot Salad
Roasted Carrots
Carrot Soup
Carrot Ginger Dressing
Honey Glazed Carrots
Carrot Fries
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
Wow, is this sauteed spinach recipe something to write home about! It's scented with garlic, wilted until it’s bright green in a bit of olive oil. It’s finished off with lemon juice to give it a brightness. The flavor is fresh and vibrant, not lifeless and mushy as you would expect. This healthy side dish uses 3 large bunches of spinach,
More spinach recipes
Spinach Apple Salad
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Best Spinach Smoothie
Creamy Spinach Pasta
Creamy Spinach Soup
Spinach Quiche
Spinach Rice with Feta
Ultimate Spinach Pizza
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Here’s our favorite new way to cook mushrooms: baked in the oven! Yes, these roasted mushrooms can convert even mushroom haters into die-hard fans. Tender and meaty, topped with fresh herbs, you might not be able to stop eating them. A highly addicting vegetable recipe!
More mushroom recipes
Best Ever Sauteed Mushrooms
Portobello Mushroom Burger
Grilled Portobello Mushrooms
Easy Stuffed Mushrooms
Easy Mushroom Tacos
Mushroom Pasta with Parmesan
Wild Rice Mushroom Soup
Marinated Mushrooms
There’s no better way to showcase the best ripe tomatoes than this: Caprese salad! This salad represents Italian cuisine at its finest: beautiful ingredients combined in a way that’s both elegant and simple. Ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and pepper basil make the best vegetable combination.
More tomato recipes
Grilled Tomatoes
Fresh Tomato Salad
Cucumber, Tomato & Avocado Salad
Tomato Cucumber Salad
Classic Tomato Soup
Quick Tomato Vinaigrette
Marinated Tomatoes
There’s not much better than a big pan of roasted cauliflower! Making this vegetable recipe transforms it into something transcendental. The flavor becomes sweet and buttery, and flavored with salt and garlic, it’s about as irresistible as french fries.
More cauliflower recipes
Lemon Herb Steamed Cauliflower
BBQ Grilled Cauliflower
Crispy Breaded Cauliflower
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
Cauliflower Stir Fry
Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
This effortless salad calls for only 6 ingredients, and the only fresh ingredients are green cabbage and mint. It comes out fresh and tangy, with a lemon mint flavor that keeps eaters coming back for more. It's truly a standout.
More cabbage recipes
Red Cabbage Slaw
Best Coleslaw Recipe
Mexican Coleslaw
Cabbage Soup
Easy Steamed Cabbage
Perfect Boiled Cabbage
Perfect Sauteed Cabbage
These crispy Brussels sprouts are so crispy, you’ll think they were fried. But they’re baked! You know those crispy Brussels that you can get at a restaurant? These are just as good. They’re baked until impossibly crunchy, then tossed with a balsamic and honey sauce that brings in the tangy and sweet notes.
More great Brussels sprouts recipes
Spicy Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Grilled Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Easy Shaved Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprout Casserole
Smashed Brussels Sprouts
This vegetable recipe is all about fresh flavor: sweet bursts of corn, juicy tomatoes, and herbaceous basil pair with a tangy, light vinaigrette. If you’re like us…you won’t be able to stop eating it! Top with feta cheese crumbles if you like, or keep it as a plant based salad: it’s just as good either way.
More corn recipes
Boiled Corn on the Cob
Perfect Grilled Corn
Elote (Mexican Grilled Corn)
Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob
Easy Corn Fritters
Corn Salsa
Creamed Corn
Black Bean and Corn Salad
This beautifully fresh vegetable recipe stars a nutrient dense leafy green: kale! This salad full of healthy ingredients: quinoa, kale, peppers, carrots: and then covered in a delicious, ultra tangy dressing! It’s so flavorful and keeps that flavor 3 to 4 days in the fridge.
More kale recipes
Best Ever Sauteed Kale
Easy Tuscan Kale
Roasted Kale
Baked Kale Chips
Easy Kale Salad
Kale Pesto
Kale Caesar Salad
Easy Kale Soup
Here's a favorite easy vegetable recipe: roasted asparagus! It’s so simple that you should be able to memorize it. Who needs to follow a recipe? It’s so simple: the asparagus is tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon zest. The secret ingredient? Grated garlic, which infuses a delightful savory flavor.
More asparagus recipes
Perfect Grilled Asparagus
Asparagus Salad with Feta
Easy Steamed Asparagus
Sauteed Asparagus
Baked Asparagus with Parmesan
Asparagus Pasta with Lemon
Classic Asparagus Quiche
Lemony Broiled Asparagus
This beet salad works with roasted beets or even cooked packaged beets you can find at the store. And man is it good! This vegetable recipe has all the right elements: baby greens, creamy goat cheese and a tangy balsamic beet dressing. Basically, it’s salad perfection!
More beet recipes
Arugula Beet Salad
Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese
Creamy Beet Hummus
Beet Smoothie
Grilled Beets
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
Looking for the world’s best vegetable recipe? OK we jest, but these Parmesan potatoes are truly extraordinary. There’s the crunchy exterior, oven roasted to perfection. The interior is velvety and tender. And you know how Parmesan cheese gets all crunchy and savory when you heat it up? Yeah, those little crunchy bits are all over these potatoes, making them all the more irresistible.
More potato recipes
Pan Fried Potatoes
Chili Baked Potatoes
Quick Baked Potatoes
Baked Potato Wedges
Dill Potato Salad
Best Potato Salad
Garlic Roasted Potatoes
Hasselback Potatoes
Loaded Potato Skins
Loaded Potato Soup
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
This vegetable recipe is a home run every time! When we serve it, a chorus of “Wow’s” fill the room. (Really. Not hyperbole!) What makes it so great? It’s classic and has the perfect balanced flavor: perfectly savory, creamy, and tangy. Serve it up with tortilla chips and your guests — and you — won’t be able to stop eating it.
More great avocado recipes
Grilled Avocado Perfect
Avocado Smoothie
Avocado Tuna Salad
Amazing Avocado Dip
Simple Avocado Salad
Here’s one of our favorite vegetable recipes that’s packed with flavor and fits almost any diet: Cucumber Salad! It’s simple and punchy, with a vinegar-based dressing that packs in tangy, sweet and salty flavor.
More cucumber recipes
Cucumber Salsa
Easy Cucumber Smoothie
Creamy Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream
Quick Cucumber Sauce
Cucumber Juice
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:
- 20 Best Vegetables to Eat Today Find the healthiest vegetables to eat, and recipes for each one.
- Plant Based Diet Meal Plan, Vegan Meal Plan or Vegetarian Meal Plan These meal plans come with a downloadable meal planning spreadsheet.
- Whole Food Plant Based Diet (WFPB) Guide & Recipes Not sure where to start with plant based eating? Here’s a basis for the diet and all our favorite recipes.
- How to Go Vegan: Guide & Recipes Another guide for learning about the vegan diet to incorporate more vegetable recipes.
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
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
Hi, I used a recipe from your YouTube channel a few years ago. It was veggie protein bites. It was a whole bunch of vegetables like broccoli and carrots and beans blitzed to crumbs in a food processor. I have tried to find it again, but it doesn’t seem to be there. I have also tried finding it on your website, to no avail. Am I just not looking in the right place, or is that one of the recipes that is no longer featured on your site? Hoping to add it back into rotation now I am only cooking for myself. Also, still loving the cashew pesto that introduced me to your channel. Thanks.
Hi! We updated it here: https://www.acouplecooks.com/veggie-nuggets/
i really appreciate the support to eat my veggies with joy as I have a good palate and i want to eat more vegetables. your recipes will definitely help me. thank you!
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Hi! I love your website! I am always looking for new ways to make vegetables taste delicious! I eat them as a main course, with meats on the side, and Dr. Fuhrman’s GOMBS principles- greens, onions, mushrooms, beans, berries & seeds. I lost 20 lbs and went down to a size 0 this way. Your website has a lot of great recipes- I am going to try the chard one. I usually just buy frozen veggies and mix them with great sauces. I particularly like those yellow Indian food packets of beans & spices they have at grocery stores. I find it easy to overdo the sodium with sauces, though, so I am careful to read labels. I always keep bananas on hand to balance out the sodium, because certain sauces I just love and don’t want to give up, like Rao’s Bolognese sauce. Man is that delicious over veggies! Thank you for all your recipes, I can’t wait to try them!
I’m 65 and need to lose about 30 pounds. I like some vegetables but not all of them. I’m going to try just a veggie and fruit diet. No meats. I love Brussels broccoli cabbage carrots lettuce potatoes corn and collards turnips and mustard greens. No tomatoes or cauliflower or asparagus. Can you tell me of a good recipe for roasted the veggies I like and what to season them with. I don’t know much about seasonings. I use salt pepper and garlic salt. Lol. That’s about it. Thankyou for any info u can help me with. God Bless. Karen
Hi! We have tons of recipes on the site if you search for vegetarian or vegan dinner ideas. This one is a favorite: https://www.acouplecooks.com/easy-sheet-pan-dinner/